James Enge - Blood of Ambrose (epub) - j_ray

Behind the king's life stands the menacing Protector, and beyond him lies the
Protector's Shadow... Centuries after the death of Uthar the Great, the throne
of the Ontilian Empire lies vacant. The late emperor's brother-in-law and
murderer, Lord Urdhven, appoints himself Protector to his nephew, young King
Lathmar VII and sets out to kill anyone who stands between himself and mastery
of the empire, including (if he can manage it) the king himself and his ancient
but still formidable ancestress, Ambrosia Viviana. When Ambrosia is accused of
witchcraft and put to trial by combat, she is forced to play her trump card and
call on her brother, Morlock Ambrosius - a stateless person, master of all magical
makers, deadly swordsman, and hopeless drunk. As ministers of the king, they
carry on the battle, magical and mundane, against the Protector and his shadowy
patron. But all their struggles will be wasted unless the young king finds the
strength to rule in his own right and his own name.

Title: Blood of Ambrose
Author: James Enge
Published: April 21, 2009, by Pyr
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy
ISBN-10: 1591027365
ISBN-13: 978-1591027362
Length: 401 pages