The blade is lost. The enemy has won. And the final battle is a race against darkness itself.

Cerys of Tinterdorn—bastard daughter of Lord Falconridge, born in the mines of Traitor's Reach—has claimed the Blade of Aequitas. Now she hunts for Darius's Black Book, the final piece of a ritual that will strip Queen Petronella's bond to the land and plunge Epera into eternal darkness.

She doesn't need armies. She wields transformation and illusion, turning allies into enemies, thoughts into weapons. She can inhabit minds, break wills, and twist love into betrayal. And she has already claimed her first victim: Joran and Petronella's three-year-old daughter, little Theda.

Two men must stand between Epera and the darkness.

Sir Dominic Skinner, the queen's champion, failed to protect the Blade. Now he races to find the Black Book before Cerys completes her ritual—and to save the woman he loves before it's too late.

Joran of Epera—husband, father, prince consort—has stood beside the throne, never beneath it. He has always refused the Ring of Justice, haunted by his father's murder of his own mother. But when Cerys whispers in his mind, tempting him to end Petronella and claim the crown for himself, Joran must fight a battle no sword can win: the war within his own soul.

And in the corridors of her mind, Queen Petronella wages a silent, psychic war against the ritual that seeks to sever her from the land she's sworn to protect. If she falters, Epera falls. But if she can break free, she may become the force that saves them all.

Minds are battlegrounds. Trust is a weapon. And the final confrontation will demand not swords—but sacrifice, love, and the courage to resist the darkness even when it wears the face of those you cherish.

King of Swords is the breathtaking, chilling conclusion to Saga of the Swords—an epic tale where horror meets high fantasy, and the fiercest battles are fought within.

For fans of Robin Hobb's emotional depth, Guy Gavriel Kay's sacrifice, and the psychological darkness of R.F. Kuang.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Wow, wow, wow. I have only one complaint—I finished the series, and feel like I lost my friends." – Amazon Review

The stunning finale where courage is not in the blade you carry—but in the choice to stand when the darkness comes from within.

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