A Work of Kings Duology (The World of the Thinlands)

Twenty-three years after the war that made him, King-Protector Oblan of Tal still rules the way he conquered: through fear, fire, and the iron collar. Half his kingdom is in chains. The rest is afraid to ask why.

Told across five first-person voices, The King of Chains follows the people standing closest to that throne, and the ones deciding,...

Rebellion ravages Tal.

A new order rises from the ashes of the old, and the people who fought to build it are learning that seizing a crown and deserving one are not the same battle. A warrior who gave everything for the man beside her must decide what she still owes a cause when the reasons she believed in start to cost more than she can bear. A...