Discover your new favourite fantasy series . . .

Discover your new favourite fantasy series . . .

The city of Darien lies at the heart of a dying empire.Twelve families spoil for a throne soon to be made vacant - by murder or civil war. Into this fevered, hungry city come six strangers:

An orphan and an old swordsman.A hunter and a pitiless killer.A young thief and a cynical chancer.

As the sun sinks the city will know no slumber. For long dormant passions have awoken. Fortunes will be won and lost. Lives will be staked and claimed.And a story long waiting to be told will catch fire in the telling . . .What readers think . . .'One of the best fantasy novels I've read' *****'I'm a huge fan of Iggulden, but this takes it to another level' *****'A must-read and a very welcome addition to the genre' *****'Enough machinations, conspiracies and controversies to rival Game of Thrones' *****'If you love David Gemmel, you will love this' ***** Darien is the first book in the Empire of Salt, THE epic fantasy series of spellbinding imagination . . .