From the author of the SPFBO-winning By Blood By Salt comes the poignant third The Rock Laid Bare.An Empire split apart by war, brothers on opposite sides.Along a muddy riverbed, desert soldiers hold ready for a battle most believe they will lose.And after fifteen years of exile, the Mashevi commander, Azetla, returns home. To save his soldiers and his people, he must discard his old identity and take on a far more dangerous one, bringing years of quiet subversion out into the open for all to see.Tzal, the ‘devil’ of Shihra, works within the shadows on Azetla’s behalf. But her loyalty soon threatens to become a liability, as her strengths begin dissolving into violent weakness.The long years of suffering, waiting, and fighting may yet come to nothing. All facades will be stripped away, all truths laid bare, and what is left will either stand, or it will fall.