TY - BOOK AU - Iggulden, Conn, TI - Shiang T2 - Empire of salt SN - 9780718186760 U1 - 823.914 23 PY - 2018///. CY - [London] PB - Michael Joseph, an imprint of Penguin Books, KW - Imaginary wars and battles KW - Fiction KW - Conspiracies KW - Imaginary places KW - Fantasy fiction KW - lcgft KW - Adventure fiction N2 - In Shiang, the young king rules without dissent. Mazer swordsmen stand watch on every corner, looking for the first sign of rebellion. This city is a place of quiet and slow dignity, like a man eating rice with a razor pressed against his throat.Yet with one sharp movement, order is overturned. The balance of centuries is undone in the sudden spill of blood - and in the darkness, something terrible returns to Shiang. Far to the west, four Shiang masters approach the city walls of Darien. The sword saint and his companions have crossed a continent to bring an old man home for punishment. They will not be denied, even if the whole city stands in their way ER -