eBook, 907 pages
English language
Published Jan. 31, 2012 by Orbit.
The New Empire intends to mark its victory over the Nationalists with a bloody celebration. On the high holiday of Wintertide, the Witch of Melengar will be burned and the Heir of Novron executed. On that same day the Empress faces a forced marriage, with a fatal accident soon follow. The New Empire is confident in the totality of its triumph but there's just one problem-Royce and Hadrian have finally found the true Heir of Novron -- -and they have their own holiday plans.
Extremely satisfying end to the series. Sullivan knows how to add crescendo to a series. Not once did I feel like the books was "mailed in" or just a transition story, this is how trilogies should be written.
