Author(s): Adrian Tchaikovsky; Ben Allen (Read by)

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The days of peace are over.The city states of the Lowlands have lived in peace and prosperity for decades - bastions of civilisation and sophistication. That peace is about to end.In far-off corners, an ancient Empire has been conquering city after city with its highly trained armies and sophisticated warmaking. And now it's set its sights on a new prize. Only the ageing Stenwold Maker, spymaster, artificer and statesman, can see the threat. It falls upon his shoulders to open the eyes of his people as soon a tide will sweep down over the Lowlands and burn away everything in its path.But first he must stop himself from becoming the Empire's latest victim.