Lord of Emperors

Lord of Emperors
Guy Gavriel Kay

The thrilling sequel to Sailing To Sarantium and the concluding novel of The Sarantine Mosaic, Kay’s sweeping tale of politics, intrigue and adventure inspired by ancient Byzantium.Beckoned by the Emperor Valerius, Crispin, a renowned mosaicist, has arrived in the fabled city of Sarantium. Here he seeks to fulfill his artistic ambitions and his destiny high upon a dome that will become the emerror's magnificent sanctuary and legacy.But the beauty and solitude of his work cannot protect his from Sarantium's intrigue. Beneath him the city swirls with rumors of war and conspiracy, while otherworldly fires mysteriously flicker and disappear in the streets at night. Valerius is looking west to Crispin's homeland to reunite an Empire – a plan that may have dire consequences for the loved ones Crispin left behind.In Sarantium, however, loyalty is always complex, for Crispin's fate has become entwined with that of Valerius and his Empress, as well as Queen Gisel, his own monarch exiled in Sarantium herself. And now another voyager – this time from the east – has arrived, a pysician determined to make his mark amid the shifting, treachearous currents of passion and violence that will determine the empire's fate.

Lord of Emperors

Book Two of The Sarantine Mosaic

GUY GAVRIEL KAY

Copyright

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2000

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Source ISBN: 9780007342099

Ebook Edition © 2011 ISBN: 9780007352074

Version: 2014-12-03

Dedication (#ub2072a4a-dd83-5169-904a-218949a341ac)

For Sam and Matthew,‘the singing-masters of my soul.’

This belongs to them, beginning and end.

Epigraph (#ub2072a4a-dd83-5169-904a-218949a341ac)

Turning and turning in a widening gyre . . .

Contents

Cover (#u6e283055-cd7a-513b-a0fe-2d2fd152eb79)

Title Page (#uf64423f8-2251-581d-9d11-89bf97954836)

Copyright

Dedication (#uaaba7fee-8b1e-5512-99bf-666f90c00eeb)

Epigraph (#u51f9a5d6-f58c-519a-a724-61e708071037)

Map

Part One: Kingdoms of Light and Dark

Chapter I

Chapter II

Chapter III

Chapter IV

Chapter V

Chapter VI

Part Two: The Ninth Driver

Chapter VII

Chapter VIII

Chapter IX

Chapter X

Chapter XI

Chapter XII

Chapter XIII

Chapter XIV

Chapter XV

Chapter XVI

Epilogue

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