About the Book
JEWEL OF THE EAST
Danger stalked Queen
Ehlana's realm. It began with peasants whispering that the bloody
heroes of old would rise again. Soon outlaw bands were ravaging the
hill country, while the Trolls disappeared from their icy northern
haunts – and none could say where they had gone.
Then came an ambassador from the far-off Tamul empire,
begging aid. Monsters, ancient warriors, and foul magics were tearing
their empire apart. Sparhawk, Ehlana's champion and Prince Consort, was
the Emperor's last hope, for surely the knight who had killed the evil
God Azash could prevail against the terror in Tamuli.
Thus did Sparhawk and his Queen begin the perilous trek
to the far-distant empire of the east. With them journeyed a handful of
trusted companions: the stalwart champions of the four Militant Orders,
the knight Berit, Mirtai the giantess, Princess Danae, and the young
thief Talen.
And at journey's end waited a glittering court seething
with corruption, treachery – and the greatest danger Sparhawk would ever
face!
