The Imperial Chronicles

In a long-planned, perfectly executed coup, the Academies of Eloesus overthrow the Imperial government and transport a foreign army to the Empire's shores, intending to remake the nation according to their utopian vision. As cities fall and the nation slips toward certain annihilation, the lone voice of Imperium calls out for a renewed rise of an empire, and a deluge of traitors' blood.

The Empire speeds toward a new century, anticipating new heights of prosperity and power but finding its triumphant march forced to a stumble. While supernatural forces of shadow grow beyond the border, elements within the governmental elite tighten the noose. As the crisis deepens, six souls find themselves at the center of it all--six disparate lives, inexplicably connected. Six SONS OF EMPIRE.

The Empire has reached its zenith of power and prosperity, but things are rarely as they seem. As shadow spreads across the world, the Revered Order of Hunters scours the provinces for demon shrines and their vile worshipers, all while an eerie silence south of the Imperial border hints of a gathering storm. As darkness grows, not even the Empire will escape the coming trials of SHADOW AND FLAME.

With the death of Emperor Claudio-Valens Adamantus, many fear the golden age will come to an end. Though barbarians attack from beyond the northern wall and scheming councilors do their best to gain power, the greatest threat may come from far away. Scarlet-cloaked refugees and their queen Lidda arrive on ships and defame the gods, proclaiming the Devil has been reborn on the Red Mountain.

The Empire threatens to collapse. As enemies multiply, a young man from the Empire's hinterlands grudgingly heads to Imperial City and finds himself at the center of the fight to save the country he loves. What follows is a tale of desert queens and legionaries, of mad girls with great gifts and scheming highborn ladies, of gods both human and divine, that will transform the world forever.