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Adopest has fallen.... Field Marshal Tamas returns to his beloved country to find that for the first time in history, the capital city of Adro lies in the hands of a foreign invader. His son is missing and his allies are indistinguishable from his foes, and reinforcements are several weeks away. With the Kez still bearing down upon them and without clear leadership, the Adran army has turned against itself. Inspector Adamat is drawn into the very heart of this new mutiny with promises of finding his kidnapped son.

Field Marshal Tamas' coup against his king sends corrupt aristocrats to the guillotine and brings bread to the starving. But it also provokes war in the Nine Nations, internal attacks by royalist fanatics and greedy scrambling for money and power by Tamas' supposed allies: the Church, workers' unions, and mercenary forces. Stretched to his limit, Tamas relies heavily on his few remaining powder mages, including the embittered Taniel, a brilliant marksman who also happens to be Tamas' estranged son, and Adamat, a retired police inspector whose loyalty will be tested to its limit.

The hounds at our heels will soon know we are lions.Tamas's invasion of Kez ends in disaster when a Kez counter-offensive leaves him cut off behind enemy lines with only a fraction of his army, no supplies and no hope of reinforcements. Drastically outnumbered and pursued by the enemy's best, he must lead his men on a reckless march through northern Kez to safety, and back over the mountains so that he can defend his country from an angry god.

Enter a new world or return to see old friends in four Powder Mage Universe novellas featuring Erika, Tamas, Adamat, Taniel, Ka-poel, and Ben Styke.

Erika ja Leora is a powder mage in northern Kez, a place where that particular sorcery is punishable by death. She is only protected by her family name and her position as heir to a duchy. When she decides to help a young commoner-a powder mage marked for death, fugitive from the law-she puts her life and family reputation at risk and sets off to deliver her new ward to the safety of Adro while playing cat and mouse with the king's own mage hunters and their captain, Duke Nikslaus.

Demir Grappo is an outcast—he fled a life of wealth and power, abandoning his responsibilities as a general, a governor, and a son. Now he will live out his days as a grifter, rootless, and alone. But when his mother is brutally murdered, Demir must return from exile to claim his seat at the head of the family and uncover the truth that got her killed: the very power that keeps civilization turning, godglass, is running out.

Enter a war-torn world where gunpowder and magic collide. The nation of Fatrasta is a haven for criminals, rebels, adventurers and sorcerers seeking relics of the past. As insurrection grows, only the iron will of the Lady Chancellor holds the capital city of Landfall together. Yet an ancient power as old as time is rising, and the fate of this young nation now rests in the hands of a spy, a disgraced war hero and a mercenary general with a past as turbulent as Landfall's present.

The country is in turmoil. With the capital city occupied, half a million refugees are on the march, looking for safety on the frontier, accompanied by Lady Flint's soldiers. But escaping war is never easy, and soon the battle may find them, whether they are prepared or not. Back in the capital, Michel Bravis smuggles even more refugees out of the city. But internal forces are working against him. With enemies on all sides, Michael may be forced to find help with the very occupiers he's trying to undermine.

Brian McClellan's Sins of Empire began an epic tale of magic and revolution. The story continued in Wrath of Empire, as rebels, spies and sorcerers clashed. Now this thrilling adventure reaches an explosive conclusion in Blood of Empire, the final novel in the Gods of Blood and Powder series.

Alek Fitz is the lead reaper for Valkyrie Collections, an agency that gathers debts for the paranormal elements of the world. Bound into modern-day slavery by a contract he cannot break and sold by parents he never knew, Alek works alongside demons, spirits, witches, and even Death himself to collect on deals made with humanity. When Alek is forced to take a job from a local vampire hunting down a runaway thrall, he is immediately thrust into a world of blackmail and backstabbing, where the rules are nothing more than an inconvenience to ancient, supernatural predators.

Alek Fitz is a reaper, a collection agent who works for the supernatural elements of the world, tracking down debtors and solving problems for clients as diverse as the Lords of Hell, vampires, Haitian loa, and goblins. He’s even worked for the Tooth Fairy on occasion. Based out of Cleveland, Ohio, Alek is the best in the game. As a literal slave to his job, he doesn’t have a choice.

Teado is a Changer, a shape-shifting military asset trained to win wars. His platoon has been stationed in the Bavares high plains for years, stranded. As they ration supplies and scan the airwaves for news, any news, their numbers dwindle. He's not sure how much time they have left. Desperate and starving, armed with aging, faulty equipment, the team jumps at the chance for a risky resupply mission, even if it means not all of them might come back. What they discover could change the course of the war.

Tauche ein in eine vom Krieg zerrissene Welt, in der Magie und Schießpulver aufeinandertreffen. Eine Welt an der Schwelle zu einem neuen Zeitalter... Die junge Nation Fatrasta ist ein unruhiges Land - ein Ort für Kriminelle, Glücksritter, mutige Siedler und Magier auf der Suche nach alten Artefakten. Nur der eiserne Wille der Kanzlerin und ihrer Geheimpolizei halten die Hauptstadt Landfall zusammen gegen die Bedrohungen durch die Unruhen eines unterdrückten Volkes und den Machenschaften von mächtigen Reichen.

Erika ja Leora ist eine Pulvermagierin im Norden von Kez – einem Ort, wo diese Art von Magie unter Todesstrafe steht. Ihr einziger Schutz sind ihr Familienname und ihre Stellung als Erbin eines Herzogtums.

Sonderermittler Adamat ist vielleicht der fähigste junge Ermittler in ganz Adopest. Er ist schlau, aufmerksam, und seine besondere magische Fähigkeit verleiht ihm ein perfektes Gedächtnis. Seine Versetzung ins Erste Revier scheint die perfekte Gelegenheit zu sein, sein Können unter Beweis zu stellen und seine Karriere voranzutreiben.

In den Koloniestädten von Fatrasta hatte es der Frieden immer schon schwer. Immigranten bekämpfen sich untereinander oder kämpfen gegen die Einheimischen, während die herrschende Kez-Armee nur eingreift, um den Willen von apathischen Gouverneuren durchzusetzen, die von der weit entfernten Krone ernannt wurden.

Taniel Zwei-Schuss ist ein Pulvermagier und Teil der Geisterpartisanen von Tristan, einer Bande von Freiwilligen, die sich in der Fatrastanischen Revolution einen Namen gemacht haben. Sie ziehen durch die Sümpfe im Grenzland, schneiden feindliche Versorgungslinien ab und überfallen Städte während Taniel die Privilegierten-Magier jagt, die die Kez-Armeen so mächtig machen.

Captain Tamas ist ein junger, ambitionierter Offizier in der adronischen Armee. Als Bürgerlicher ist er einer von wenigen, die trotz niederer Geburt einen Offiziersrang innehaben. Als er den Sohn eines Herzogs wegen einer Beleidigung zum Duell herausfordert, handelt er sich Ärger mit dem Adel und dem königlichen Kabal der Privilegierten-Magier ein.

Die Gurlischen Kriege sind auf ihrem Höhepunkt. Sergeant Tamas, ein junger Infanterist in der adronischen Armee, versucht verzweifelt, seinen Trupp am Leben zu halten, trotz der Inkompetenz seiner vorgesetzten Offiziere. Tamas leidet nicht nur darunter, ein ambitionierter Bürgerlicher zu sein in einer Armee, in der Ränge erkauft statt verdient werden - er ist noch dazu ein Pulvermagier. Seine magischen Fähigkeiten, Schießpulver zu manipulieren, werden von seinen Offizieren verachtet und von Privilegierten-Magiern gefürchtet.

Captain Vlora ist in Ungnade gefallen bei Feldmarschall Tamas - dem Befehlshaber der adronischen Armee und dem Vater ihres ehemaligen Verlobten. Beide trauern um einen gefallenen Freund, dessen Mörder nun wiederaufgetaucht ist. Vielleicht bietet das Vlora die Gelegenheit, Tamas' Wohlwollen wiederzuerlangen - oder es für immer zu verspielen. Für Fans, die sich nach noch mehr Schießpulver-geladener, magischer Action im Powder-Mage-Universum sehnen, hat Brian McClellan genau das Richtige parat: Noch mehr davon!