Shadow and Betrayal - Long Price, Bks 1 - 2 Author:Daniel Abraham A SHADOW IN SUMMER (Long Price Quartet, Bk 1) — The city-state of Saraykeht dominates the Summer Cities: commerce and trade fill the streets. Any desire, however exotic or base, can be satisfied in its soft quarter. The people live and work secure in the knowledge that their city is a bastion of progress in a harsh world. It woul... more »d be a tragedy if it fell.... At the heart of the city's influence is the poet-sorcerer Heshai and the captive spirit Seedless which he controls. Heshai is at once the linchpin of and the most vulnerable point in Saraykeht's greatness. Far to the west, the armies of Galt have conquered many lands. To take Saraykeht, they must first destroy its prosperity. Marchat Wilsin, head of Galt's trading-house in the city, is planning a terrible crime against Heshai and Seedless. If he succeeds, Saraykeht will fall. Amat, House Wilsin's business manager, her apprentice Liat, and two young men from the farthest reaches of their society stand alone against the dire threat to the city. But in this city of power and intrigue, no one is without secrets. The price they must pay to save Saraykeht may be greater than they can afford....
A BETRAYAL IN WINTER (Long Price Quartet, Bk 2)
A son of the ruling family of the city-state of Machi, Otah was sent from his home to be raised away from the political intrigue into which he was born. Years later, he has witnessed and been part of world-changing events, yet he has never returned to his childhood home. Now his father, the reigning Khai, is dying, and Otah's eldest brother, Biitrah, has been assassinated. Otah realizes that he must go home, for reasons not even he understands.
Tradition dictates that the sons of a dying Khai fall upon each other until only one remains to rule. But something even worse is occurring in Machi. Galt, an expansive empire, has allied with someone in Machi to bring down the ruling house. Otah himself is caught and accused, the long-missing brother with an all-too-obvious motive for murder.« less