Jonathan Moeller - The Ghosts 09 - Ghost In The Surge - Plot & Excerpts
Battle magi in black plate stood scattered among the Imperial Guards. Kylon respected the magi rather less than the men of the Imperial Guard, but he knew enough to be wary of their arcane power. Dozens of noblemen stood behind the Guards.In their midst stood Alexius Naerius, Emperor of Nighmar. Kylon’s first impression was that the Emperor looked tired. The Emperor was in his middle sixties, tall and erect in a ceremonial black robe with purple trim, his white hair and beard close-cropped. Yet the Emperor had ruled over the Empire for nearly thirty-five years, longer than Kylon had been alive, and he saw every one of those years upon Alexius Naerius’s face. Sometimes the responsibilities of his titles seemed more than Kylon could bear, but he could not imagine the burdens of ruling such a vast Empire for three and a half decades. Men were fools to crave such power.“So that is the Emperor,” murmured Thalastre. “He looks like someone’s kindly grandfather.”“He has no children, I fear,”
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