The Jackal of Nar -Book One of Tyrants and Kings

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A nations fate rests one one mans struggle between loyalty and desire. His enemies call Prince Richius "the Jackal " but he is merely a reluctant warrior for the Emperor in the fight for the strife-ridden borderland of Lucel-Lor. And though the empires war machines are deadly when the leader of a fanatical sect sweeps the battlefield with potent magic Richiuss forces are routed. He returns home defeatedbut the Emperor will not accept the loss. Soon Richius is given one last chance to pit the empires science against the enemys devastating magic and this time he fights for more than a rulers mad whim. This time Richius has his own obsessive questand where he hesitated to go for an emperors greed for love he will plunge headlong into the grasp of the deadliest enemy he has ever encountered. . . .