Kings or Pawns - Paperback

8,994 P.E.—The elven city of Elvorium has become corrupted to the core by politics. With his father dead and the Royal Schism at his back, Prince Hairem ascends the throne as king of the elven world on Sevrigel. Young and bold, Hairem is determined to undo the council's power, but the brutal murders by an assassin loosed within the city threaten to undermine the king's ambitions.

As corruption and death threaten to tear Elvorium apart from within, the warlord Saebellus threatens the city from without, laying siege to Sevrigel's eastern capital. With the elven world crumbling around him, Hairem finds himself in a dangerous political balance between peace and all out war.

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Details
Author	JJ Sherwood
Editor	Alexandra Birr
Cover artist	Kirk Quilaquil
Series	The Kings
Format	Paperback
ISBN	978-0-9862877-0-1
Language	English
Release date	October 2015
Genre	Fantasy
Page count	383 pages
Page size	6 x 9 inches
Cover designer	J Caleb