“Blood of the Four” by Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon – An Odyssey of Gods and Slaves

Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon, two highly reputed authors in their own rights, have joined forces together for Blood of the Four and managed to come up with an original novel drawing on the best of what the two men have to offer.

In this tour-de-force we are introduced to a kingdom where virtually every person is a slave, where the divide between the royals and the poor is as wide as it has ever been, and magic has been trampled into dust.

We follow a young Princess Phela whose ambition for power leads her to shatter the careful balance established over innumerable years, leading to either her dominion or everyone's death.

“Knight's Shadow” by Sebastien de Castell – The Homeland Under Siege

Sebastien de Castell has set the stage in his first book of The Greatcoats series, Traitor's Blade, for adventures grandiose and innumerable in an epic and fantastic world complete with deadly swashbuckling and unforgiving politics.

In the second book of the series, titled "Knight's Shadow" , we follow Falcio val Mond, First Cantor of the Greatcoats and master swordsman, as he investigates the murder of a duke in his family, all while the country is being plunged into civil war and chaos.

To make matters even more interesting, Falcio has found out one of his oldest and most dangerous enemies has actually poisoned him, drastically shortening the time left on his clock.