Sequel to Much Fall of Blood, Book 4 in the Heirs of
Alexandria series!
In an alternate 15th Century where magic still is part of life, the Holy
Roman Empire rules Europe. Constantinople is under siege by the Venetians and
their allies. Hekate, Goddess of Crossroads, presides over the conflict and
carnage as alternate visions of civilization collide. And since Constantinople
is the crossroad city of east and west, and it is here that Italian captain
Benito Valdosta must deal with the powerful magical manifestation of the Weeping
Woman, a disguised Hekate, in order to save his daughter and destroy the fleets
of the Chernobog assembling in the Black Sea before they can cut into the soft
underbelly of Europe. With land battles, naval action, cunning assassinations,
and heartbreak aplenty — not to mention the ongoing conflict between the
Lord of the Dead and Benito for the love of a woman — civilization is at
the crossroads and choices must be made that will bring victory and freedom for
centuries to come — or a new Dark Age!
Author Biography:
Eric Flint was the creator of the New York Times best-selling Ring of Fire series, the best-selling alternate history series of all time. Beginning with 1632, Flint--along with dozens of cowriters--chronicled what happened when the 20th-century town of Grantville, West Virginia, was transported through time and space to 17th-century Europe. In addition, Flint was the author, with New York Times best seller David Weber, of the Crown of Slaves Saga, as well as the Belisaurius series, with best-selling author David Drake. Flint was the editor of Jim Baen's Universe, as well as numerous short story anthologies. Before becoming a writer, Flint worked as a trade union organizer, longshoreman, truck driver, auto worker, steel worker, oil worker, meatpacker, glassblower, and machinist. Eric Flint passed away in 2022. Dave Freer is an ichthyologist turned author who lives on Flinders Island (between mainland Australia and Tasmania) with his wife, four dogs and four cats, and two sons. He has coauthored a range of novels with Eric Flint (Rats, Bats and Vats, The Rats, the Bats and the Ugly, Pyramid Scheme, Pyramid Power, and Slow Train to Arcturus), with Mercedes Lackey and Eric Flint (The Shadow of the Lion, This Rough Magic, The Wizard of Karres, Much Fall of Blood, Burdens of the Dead, and Freer's solo entry in the series, A Mankind Witch) as well as writing the Dragon's Ring fantasy novels Dragon's Ring and Dog and Dragon.
