<p><b>Emperor Tenet intends to pull all people into the Sienese Empire. Wen Alder must play a dangerous game if he wants to protect his people, as he enters the service of the empire to learn all its magical secrets.</b><br><br>''<b>The closest I''ve ever come to finding something comparable to <i>The Name of the Wind</i></b>'' The Chronicler<br><br><b>My name is Wen Alder. My name is Foolish Cur.</b><br><br>All my life, I have been torn between two legacies: my father''s, whose family trace their roots back to the right hand of the Emperor. My mother''s, whose family want to bring the Empire to its knees.<br><br>I can choose between them - between the safety of empire or the freedom of rebellion - or I can seek out a better path . . . one filled with magic and secrets, unbound by suffocating legacy, but one which could shake my world to its very foundation.<br><br>For my quest will bring me face to face with the gods themselves. And they have been watching. Waiting to make their move