Emperor of Mu

An emperor is murdered. His last command is signed in his own blood.To prevent a civil war, Emperor Constantine of Mu summons the grandmasters of the criminal guilds. Before them, he is killed by an ingeniously crafted death trap. As he dies, he binds them to a covenant in his blood, and his final warning dies with him:"There is an evil in Mu that has dwelt among us for centuries..."Now the throne stands empty. Noble houses scheme for succession. Assassins move in shadow. Salvarre, the grieving High Chancellor, guards a secret he barely understands, while his son, Prince Justan, must summon the outer realms before Mu descends into war.Beyond the borders of men, something ancient is waking. Prince Peter, lost in the wilds, falls prey to the serpent-kind and awakens as something no longer wholly human.To claim the throne may save the realms. Or doom them all.Emperor of Mu begins the complete eight-book Saga of the Six Realms by Jason Beveridge—an epic fantasy of political intrigue, ancient magic, forbidden romance, dark transformation, vast world-building and the return of old powers from the edge of myth.Reader praise:"One of the best and most complex independently published fantasy novels I've ever had the pleasure of reading." (Risingshadow, 9/10)