A King's Gambit

By AJ Cooper

The cities of Eloesus are warring among themselves, as they have since the beginning. Locked in mistrust and rivalry, they fail to see the most powerful empire in the world setting the gears of invasion in motion. The King of Kings, padisha emperor of Fharas, has made his move to swallow them whole.
Theron, hero of the city of Thénai, can only see a slim hope in an impossible task: uniting the fatally divided cities under one banner. No one has ever succeeded before.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Realms of Varda
• Release date: Aug 7, 2016
• ISBN: 9781370997220

AJ Cooper

Cursed at birth with a wild imagination, AJ Cooper spent his youth dreaming of worlds more exciting than Earth. He is a native Midwesterner and loves writing fantasy, especially epic fantasy set in his own created worlds. He is a graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop and the author of numerous fantasy novels and novellas. His short stories have appeared in Morpheus Tales, Fear and Trembling, Residential Aliens and Mindflights, among others.

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