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The Broken (The Lost Words: Volume 2)
The Broken (The Lost Words: Volume 2)
The Broken (The Lost Words: Volume 2)
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Eighteen years after Adam defeated the Kingdom of Parus and proclaimed himself emperor of Athesia, he dies peacefully in his sleep. When his daughter Amalia crowns herself empress and takes nobles from neighboring Eracia and Caytor hostage, the political situation in the Realms is primed to explode. Meanwhile, exiled god Damian has resumed his quest to flee his eternal prison and kill the remaining gods. With Damian renewing his murderous quest and tensions boiling over in the Realms, the conflicts breathlessly march toward an overwhelming conclusion.

Will Athesia prevail, or will it take a new leader to keep the empire intact? Will King Sergei of Parus be successful in his plans to avenge his family? Can Damian succeed in breaking the bonds of his imprisonment, or will he succumb to the one emotion he’s had all along?

Bringing back the series’ signature tone and styling, the novel’s gritty realism, intense atmosphere, and intricate storyline make The Broken more than live up to the promise of The Betrayed. A harsh lesson in morality, The Broken will leave readers clamoring for more.

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Release dateNov 11, 2018
ISBN9780463521915
The Broken (The Lost Words: Volume 2)
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Igor Ljubuncic

Igor Ljubuncic is a Principal Engineer with Rackspace, a managed cloud company. Previously, Igor has worked as an OS architect within Intel's IT Engineering Computing business group, exploring and developing solutions for a large, global high-performance Linux environment that supports Intel's chip design. Igor has twelve years of experience in the hi-tech industry, first as a physicist and lately in various engineering roles, with a strong focus on data-driven methodologies. To date, Igor has had fifteen patents accepted for filing with the US PTO, emphasizing on data center technologies, scheduling, and Internet of Things. He has authored several open-source projects and technical books, numerous articles accepted for publication in leading technical journals and magazines, and presented at prestigious international conferences. In his free time, Igor writes car reviews, fantasy books and manages his Linux-oriented blog, dedoimedo.com, which garners close to a million views from loyal readers every month.

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