The Last Free City
The dramatic sequel to The Dog of the North
A story of three men
struggling to realise their ambitions against the backdrop of an
unstable and corrupt trading republic, where one false move leads to a
throat slit in an alleyway.
Lord Oricien, his fortunes in ruins
at the end of The Dog of the North, must undertake a delicate diplomatic mission but soon finds that he cannot satisfy both his master and his
conscience.
Malvazan, as the younger brother of a mediocrity,
sees his ambitions thwarted at every turn. Will his extraordinary talent with the rapier gain him a consequence his birth cannot?
Todarko, talented and well-born, is unused to exercising self-control. This
often leads him into trouble, but when he makes an enemy of the
dangerous Dravadan, he realises that his life is at risk. It’s the start of a journey of self-discovery which will make him a better man — if he
survives. For a poet more at home with a couplet than a cutlass, that’s
not a foregone conclusion…