The great war cannot be stopped. The tyrant Geder Palliako had led his nation to war, but every victory has called forth another conflict. Now the greater war spreads out before him, and he is bent on bringing peace. No matter how many people he has to kill to do it. Cithrin bel Sarcour, rogue banker of the Medean Bank, has returned to the fold. Her apprenticeship has placed her in the path of war, but the greater dangers are the ones in her past and in her soul. Widowed and disgraced at the heart of the Empire, Clara Kalliam has become a loyal traitor, defending her nation against itself. And in the shadows of the world, Captain Marcus Wester tracks an ancient secret that will change the war in ways not even he can forsee. Return to the critically acclaimed epic by master storyteller Daniel Abraham, The Dagger and the Coin. For more from Daniel Abraham, check out: The Dagger and the Coin The Dragon's Path The King's Blood The Tyrant's Law The Widow's House The Spider's War Daniel Abraham is the author of the critically acclaimed Long Price Quartet. He has been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy awards, and won the International Horror Guild award. He also writes as MLN Hanover and (with Ty Franck) James S.A. Corey. He lives in New Mexico. "Abraham builds on The Dragon's Path to create and sustain a rich, satisfyingly complex epic fantasy."-Publishers Weekly on The King's Blood. "This smart, absorbing, fascinating military fantasy, exciting and genuinely suspenseful, will keep readers on their toes."-Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) on The Tyrant's Law "Prepare to be shocked, startled, and entertained."-Locus on The Dragon's Path "It's as if Clint Eastwood went to Narnia...A pleasure for Abraham's legion of fans."-Kirkus on The Dragon's Path "Everything I look for in a fantasy."-George R.R. Martin on The Dragon's Path "Abraham is fiercely talented, disturbingly human, breathtakingly original and even on his bad days kicks all sorts of literary ass."-Junot Diaz on The Long Price Quartet