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The Night of Endless Swords nearly saw the destruction of Sharakhai, and since then the Kings have come down hard on the rebellious Moonless Host. Hundreds have been murdered or given to the Confessor King for questioning. Hundreds more have fled. Including Çeda, who has discovered that Onur, the King of Sloth, has returned to the desert to raise an army and challenge the remaining kings.

In the cramped west end of Sharakhai, the Amber Jewel of the Desert, Çeda fights in the pits to scrape a living. She, like so many in the city, pray for the downfall of the cruel, immortal Kings of Sharakhai, but she's never been able to do anything about it. This all changes when she goes out...

Çeda's mission is partly complete . . . so now she must continue to uncover the riddles her mother has left - especially when those scattered clues are incomplete. The answers lie in the desert, where the few remaining members of the Thirteenth Tribe are hidden, and though they doubt she can...

L'éblouissante conclusion de la saga épique des Douze Rois de Sharakhaï ! Les dieux du désert sont sur le point d'atteindre leur but. Meryam, la reine déchue de Qaimir, cherche à invoquer l'ancien dieu Ashael – un événement qui provoquerait la destruction du désert. Çeda et Emre font voile vers la terre de leurs ancêtres afin que le traître Hamid soit jugé. Mais ils découvrent que les tribus du désert se sont alliées sous la bannière de Hamid.

L'ère des rois sharakhiens a pris fin, et la reine Meryam est désormais maîtresse de la cité. Çeda quant à elle est parvenue à lever la malédiction qui pesait sur les asirim. De son côté, le Roi Ihsan est fort occupé à étudier les fameux carnets bleus du Roi Yusam, afin de sauver Sharakhaï d'une destruction certaine.

The final book in The Song of the Shattered Sands series closes the epic fantasy saga in a desert setting, filled with rich worldbuilding and pulse-pounding action. The plans of the desert gods are coming to fruition. Meryam, the deposed queen of Qaimir, hopes to raise the buried elder god...

The reign of the Sharakhani kings has been broken. Queen Meryam now rules the city. Çeda, meanwhile, has succeeded in lifting the asirim's curse, though it came at a terrible cost. Nalamae was slain in battle against her sister goddess. All is not lost, however. Çeda knows Nalamae will be reborn and so begins a quest to find her. The scheming King Ihsan has been busy as well, mining the legendary Blue Journals for a way to save the city and the desert beyond from certain destruction.

Depuis la Nuit des Innombrables Lames, les rebelles des Hôtes sans Lune sont traqués sans relâche. La plupart d'entre eux ont été obligés de fuir la cité. Çeda, qui s'est réfugiée dans le désert, découvre qu'un Roi compte se retourner contre les autres souverains. Elle espère exploiter ces dissensions, mais en qui peut-elle faire confiance ? Tous sont susceptibles de la trahir. Çeda imagine alors un plan risqué : libérer les asirim, les esclaves immortels des Rois. Mais le meilleur stratège de ces derniers, le Roi des Lames, est à ses trousses.

Çeda is the youngest pit fighter in the history of the great desert city of Sharakhai. In this brilliant new story, a prequel to Twelve Kings, she has already made her name in the arena as the fearsome, undefeated White Wolf. None but her closest friends and allies know her true identity. But this all changes when she crosses the path of Rümayesh, one of the sadistic creatures known as ehrekh which were forged long ago by the god of chaos.

Çeda est désormais une Vierge du Sabre, une guerrière d'élite. Tandis que les rois de Sharakhaï lui confient des missions secrètes afin de consolider leur pouvoir, la jeune fille s'efforce de découvrir leurs secrets. Elle connaît déjà la terrible histoire des asirim, mais lorsqu'un lien se crée entre elle et ces pitoyables créatures, leur douleur devient la sienne. Les asirim ont soif de liberté et veulent briser leurs chaînes, mais ils sont soumis à la volonté des dieux et n'ont d'autre choix que d'obéir. Et l'atmosphère de Sharakhaï est plus délétère que jamais.

Çeda, now a Blade Maiden in service to the kings of Sharakhai, trains as one of their elite warriors, gleaning secrets even as they send her on covert missions to further their rule. She knows the dark history of the asirim - that hundreds of years ago they were enslaved to the kings against their will - but when she bonds with them as a Maiden, chaining them to her, she feels their pain as if her own.

In the city of Sharakhai, Çeda fights in the pits to scrape by a living. She, like so many in the city, pray for the downfall of the cruel, immortal Kings of Sharakhai. Then on the holy night when the powerful yet wretched creatures known as the Asirim wander the city and take tribute in order to protect the Kings, one of them tells Çeda the origin of their dark bargain.

Since the Night of Endless Swords, a bloody battle the Kings of Sharakhai narrowly won, the kings have been hounding the rebels known as the Moonless Host. Many have been forced to flee the city, including Çeda, who discovers that the King of Sloth is raising his army to challenge the other kings' rule. When Çeda finds the remaining members of the Moonless Host, now known as the thirteenth tribe, she sees a tenuous existence. Çeda hatches a plan. The kings, however, have sent their greatest tactician, the King of Swords, to bring Çeda to justice for her crimes.

Alors que la bataille fait rage entre les forces royales et la treizième tribu, les puissances voisines assiègent Sharakhaï. À la tête des Bouclières, un groupe de guerrières du désert, Çeda espère que le chaos ambiant lui permettra de libérer Sehid-Alaz, le roi éternel de son peuple. Elle doit pour cela percer les secrets de la malédiction des asirim, mais les Vierges du Sabre sont sur sa trace. Les envahisseurs ont franchi les murailles de la cité, tandis que les survivants de la treizième tribu sont acculés dans une citadelle de montagne.

Çeda was an elite warrior in service to the kings of Sharakhai. She has been an assassin in dark places. A weapon poised to strike from the shadows. A voice from the darkness, striving to free her people. No longer. Now she's going to lead. The age of the Kings is coming to an end....