The richest empire the world has ever known is rotting from within, though only Orhan can see its doom. Guided by prophetic dreams, he hires a company of mercenaries to cross the desert, storm the capital, and kill the emperor—along with everyone who stands in the way. From the ashes, he plans to build something new.
For the soldiers, it is another bloody job. But among them is Marith, a young, magnetic warrior with a shadowed past and a darkness in his blood. He is more than he seems, and his ambitions may eclipse Orhan’s own.
In The Court of Broken Knives, Anna Smith Spark delivers a grimdark epic of brutal battles, political betrayal, and the seductive pull of power.
