The Known World is teetering on the edge of chaos. In the wealthy south, the old king is dying. His trusted Shield is killed suddenly, thrusting sixteen-year-old Langor into sudden power and the kingdom into uncertainty. Langor's first task is to solve the mystery surrounding his father's death: accident or murder? In the poverty stricken north, decades of civil war have weakened a once proud empire, her people poor, desperate and angry. Fifteen year...