The man from Attolia and Kamet are about to create an escape for Kamet and build a harrowing journey to a land where Kamet yet may not be safe.
Kamet knows time is of the essence and finds the nearest way out of the palace and beyond the walls of this land. It is custom to kill the slaves of a man as powerful as Nahuseresh. The next day in the palace back paths Kamet learns that his master has been poisoned and the most likely murderer is the man's own brother or at least one of his loyal henchmen. Yet this man quietly urges Kamet to meet him at the docks the next day at an appointed time. a place where most likely Kamet's master is not welcome. From his speech and appearance the man must be from Attolia. Kamet is a powerful man in his own right but he and his future ride on the whims and loyalties of this man who chooses involved intrigue at the highest levels.Īs Kamet makes his way through his duties in the passages of the palace, he is suddenly stopped by a man he does not know. When his master failed to be appointed governor of Hemsha, he released his anger on the slave who meant the most to him.the slave he has taught to read and write and manage his accounts. Kamet, slave to Nahuseresh who is brother to the king, has just been beaten again. When you see a book with Megan Whalen Turner's name on it, you know you've got gold.
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