Empire of Storms Hope and Red - Jon Skovron (Paperback) 30-06-2016 Short-listed for David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy Fiction 2017 (UK).

'The most fun I've had with a novel this year' Fantasy Faction IN A FRACTURING EMPIRE SPREAD ACROSS SAVAGE SEAS, TWO PEOPLE FIND A COMMON CAUSE. HOPE, the lone survivor of a village massacred by the emperor's forces, is secretly trained as a warrior and instrument of vengeance. RED, an orphan adopted by a notorious matriarch of the criminal underworld, learns to be an expert thief and con artist. Together they will take down an empire. 'A phenomenal read' Bookbag 'Vivid and unpredictable' SciFiNow