"The emperor's reign has lasted for decades, his mastery of bone shard magic powering the animal-like constructs that maintain law and order. But now his rule is failing, and revolution is sweeping across the Empire's many islands. Lin is the emperor's daughter and spends her days trapped in a palace of locked doors and dark secrets. When her father refuses to recognize her as heir to the throne, she vows to prove her worth by mastering the forbidden...

The North Korean government has agreed to host the test for the Russia's ultimate weapon, a nuclear-powered cruise missile. When the test goes catastrophically wrong, the North Korean dictator is severely injured. His coma triggers a dead-man's switch activating an army of sleeper agents in South Korea. Provided by publisher. Jack Ryan, Jr. is in Seoul to interview a potential addition to the Campus. After surviving an attack by one of these sleeper...

Rarely, if ever, does a new writer dazzle us with such a vivid imagination and storytelling, flawlessly capturing the essence of a land, a people, a legend. Conn Iggulden is just such a writer, bringing to vivid life one of the most fascinating eras in human history. In a true masterpiece of historical fiction, Iggulden takes us on a breathtaking journey through ancient Rome, sweeping us into a realm of tyrants and slaves, of dark intrigues and seething...