Pan Macmillan Heirs Of The Blade

The greatest foe is the enemy within . . . Heirs of the Blade is the seventh book in the critically acclaimed epic fantasy series Shadows of the Apt by Adrian Tchaikovsky.Tynisa is on the run, but she cannot escape the demons of her own mind.Amidst the fragmenting provinces of the Dragonfly Commonweal, her past will at last catch up with her.Her father's ghost is hunting her down. At the same time, the Wasp Empire seeks to conquer the city of Khanaphes, the fallen jewel of the ancient world.Whilst Empress Seda's soldiers seek only conquest and prestige, she sees herself as the heir to all the old powers of history, and has her eyes on a far greater prize. Heirs of the Blade is followed by the eighth book in the Shadows of the Apt series, The Air War. Readers love Heirs of the Blade:‘Don't know how Adrian Tchaikovsky keeps up this kind of momentum and quality’‘The ending is the final masterstroke of the novel’‘This may very well be my favourite book in the series so far, and that's saying something’