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Iggulden, Conn, 1971-

Darien : Empire of salt: book one / C.F. Iggulden. - London, UK Michael Joseph 2017. - 339 pages ; 24 cm. - Empire of salt 1 . - Empire of Salt 1. . - Empire of Salt, 1. .

From the daring and critically acclaimed master of historical fiction Conn Iggulden, DARIEN is the first book in the Empire of Salt, an epic new fantasy series of spellbinding imagination . . . TWELVE FAMILIES. ONE THRONE. The city of Darien stands at the weary end of a golden age. Twelve families keep order with soldiers and artefacts, spies and memories, clinging to a peace that shifts and crumbles. The people of the city endure what they cannot change. Here, amongst old feuds, a plot is hatched to kill a king. It will summon strangers to the city - Elias Post, a hunter, Tellius, an old swordsman banished from his home, Arthur, a boy who cannot speak, Daw Threefold, a chancer and gambler, Vic Deeds, who feels no guilt - and Nancy, a girl whose talent might be the undoing of them all. As the sun sets, their arrival inside the walls will spark a series of explosive events. Before the sun returns, six destinies will have been made - and lost - in Darien.Welcome to the Empire of Salt, where sword and sorcery is at its finest.

ISBN: 9780718186463 071818646X

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Families--Fiction.
Conspiracies--Fiction.
Imaginary places--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction.
Fantasy fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: 823.914