The April 2014 novel based on the bestselling Dragon Age game franchise will expand the mythology.
Fighting with the legendary skill of the Orlesian Chevaliers , Grand Duke Gaspard has won countless battles for the empire and the empress. But has he fought in vain? As the Circle fails and chaos looms, Gaspard begins to doubt that Celene's diplomatic approach to the mage problem or the elven uprisings will keep the empire safe. Perhaps it is time for a new leader, one who lives by the tenets of the Chevalier’s Code, to make Orlais strong again.
Briala has been Celene's handmaid since the two of them were children, subtly using her position to help improve the lives of elves across Orlais. She is Celene's confidante, spymaster, and lover, but when politics force the empress to choose between the rights of Briala's people and the Orlesian throne, Briala must in turn decide where her true loyalties lie.
Alliances are forged and promises broken as Celene and Gaspard battle for the throne of Orlais. But in the end, the elves who hide in the forests or starve in the alienages may decide the fate of the masked empire.
Fans of BioWare are invited to visit the official Dragon Age website at http://dragonage.bioware.com, where they can preview and find additional information about Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne, Dragon Age: The Calling, Dragon Age: Asunder, and more.
Patrick Weekes is a senior writer at BioWare, and has contributed to all three games in the award-winning Mass Effect series. In his seven years at the studio, he has worked with Drew Karpyshyn, New York Times-bestselling author of the Star Wars: Darth Bane series; Mac Walters, author of several Dark Horse graphic novels tied into the Mass Effect universe; and David Gaider, lead writer of the Dragon Age games and author of the first three Dragon Age novels. Patrick has written short stories for Amazing Stories, Realms of Fantasy, and Strange Horizons; and a graphic novel for the Dark Horse Mass Effect: Homeworlds series.
