Stephen Deas

One man wants to rule the wealthy Empire. He is ready to poison the king as he did his father, murder his lover and bed her daughter. Is he fit to be king? Unknown to him, a dragon is on the loose. Returned to full intelligence and fury, it could wreak havoc. Also, actions of an unscrupulous mercenary may loose hundreds of dragons.

Jadis, les dragons dominaient le monde. Mais un jour, les hommes ont découvert un moyen de les asservir, de les réduire à l'état de dociles montures. Les siècles ont passé, les hommes ont prospéré, bâti de puissants royaumes, mais ils ont oublié la nature profonde des créatures qu'ils chevauchent. Il suffirait que l'un d'entre eux prenne conscience de sa puissance et de ce qu'il fut autrefois pour que l'ordre du monde bascule à nouveau...

Before dragons laid waste to man's empire, the fearsome monsters were used for war and gifts of surpassing wealth to buy favour in constant political battles. The Dragon Queen was notorious then. Now she is a prisoner. But no-one is more dangerous than when caged.

The Emperor of Aria has been murdered, the Empire is in crisis, and Dead Men walk the streets... But Myla, Fings, and Seth couldn't care less. They're too busy just trying to survive in the Sulk-struck city of Varr, committing petty violence and pettier crimes to earn their keep in the Unrulys, a motley gang led by Blackhand. When the Unrulys are commissioned to steal a mysterious item to order, by an equally mysterious patron, the trio are thrust right into the bitter heart of a struggle for the Crown, where every faction is after what they have. Forced to lie low in a city on lockdown, they will have to work together if they want to save their skins... and maybe just save the Empire as well.