David Hair - Unholy War (Moontide Quartet 3, epub)[j_ray]

Shaliyah, birthplace of the Prophet, now has a new name: Mother of
Victories. In the wake of the devastating battle before her walls,
everything has changed: the East is rising, bringing equal measures of
hope and despair to the magical world of Urte. For Elena Anborn and
Kazim Makani, Salim's victory is a call to arms against the renegade
spymaster Gurvon Gyle. For Queen Cera Nesti of Javon, it is a beacon as
she seeks new ways to overthrow her husband, the usurper king, and
reclaim Javon for her brother. For Ramon Sensini, trapped behind enemy
lines with the shattered remnants of the Southern Army, it is more
evidence of a world gone mad. And while the armies of east and west
clash in ever-more-bloody conflict, emperors, Inquisitors, Souldrinkers
and assassins all have their attention turned elsewhere as they hunt the
Scytale of Corineus. This artefect is the key to ultimate power, and
it's in the hands of the most unlikely of guardians: failed mage Alaron
Mercer and market-girl Ramita Ankesharan, pregnant widow of the world's
greatest mage. What they choose to do with the Scytale could change the
world forever.

Title: Unholy War
Series: The Moontide Quartet, Book 3
Author: David Hair
Published: October 30, 2014, by Jo Fletcher Books
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy
ISBN-10: 1780872038
ISBN-13: 978-1780872032
Length: 688 pages