Author(s): Rayner Roberts

Fantasy

Velody now holds the leadership of the Creature Court. The unsteady alliances within the Court begin to fracture as a series of murders and disappearances throw suspicion on to one of their own. As Power and Majesty, it is up to Velody to stop the surviving Lords and Court from tearing each other apart. Ashiol has always believed that the festivals of Aufleur were frivolous and unnecessary, but when his cousin the Duchessa cancels the sacred games, he discovers that the festivals had a higher purpose. Without those daylight rituals to hold back the sky, nothing can save the city from a massacre of epic proportions - nothing but the ultimate sacrifice from one of the creature kings. The second book in this superb new trilogy.