The Path of Anger

There will be blood. There will be death. This is the path of anger.

Dun-Cadal has been drinking his life away for years. Betrayed by his friends - who turned their back on their ideals in favour of a new republic - and grief-stricken at the loss of his apprentice, who saved his life on the battlefield and whom he trained as a knight in exchange, he's done with politics, with adventure, and with people.

But people aren't finished with him - not yet. Viola is a young historian looking for the last Emperor's sword, and her search not only brings her to Dun-Cadal, it's also going to embroil them both in a series of assassinations. Because Dun-Cadal's turncoat friends are being murdered, one by one ... By someone who kills in the unmistakable style of an Imperial assassin ...

Short-listed for David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy Fiction 2014 (UK)

“Rouaud's slow reveal of the backstory promises intriguing future volumes of fantasy noir - GUARDIANAn old fashioned, no nonsense sword and subterfuge romp - SCI FI NOWAntoine Rouaud's THE PATH OF ANGER is absolutely worth the read, if only for the superb narrative. Rouaud, with the help of his translator Clegg, has a way with words that simply works - ABITTERDRAFT.COM”

Rouaud's slow reveal of the backstory promises intriguing future volumes of fantasy noir - GUARDIAN

An old fashioned, no nonsense sword and subterfuge romp - SCI FI NOW

Antoine Rouaud's THE PATH OF ANGER is absolutely worth the read, if only for the superb narrative. Rouaud, with the help of his translator Clegg, has a way with words that simply works - ABITTERDRAFT.COM

Antoine Rouaud is a major new player in the fantasy genre. He lives in Nantes, and this is his debut novel.

An Empire has been overthrown. An Emperor has been murdered. A Republic has risen from the ashes . . . but the old grudges still remain. Now an assassin has begun to strike, systematically, from the shadows. There will be blood. There will be death. This is the path of anger . . .

There will be blood. There will be death. This is the path of anger. Dun-Cadal has been drinking his life away for years. Betrayed by his friends - who turned their back on their ideals in favour of a new republic - and grief-stricken at the loss of his apprentice, who saved his life on the battlefield and whom he trained as a knight in exchange, he's done with politics, with adventure, and with people. But people aren't finished with him - not yet. Viola is a young historian looking for the last Emperor's sword, and her search not only brings her to Dun-Cadal, it's also going to embroil them both in a series of assassinations. Because Dun-Cadal's turncoat friends are being murdered, one by one ... By someone who kills in the unmistakable style of an Imperial assassin ...

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