I read several of his books when I lived in Guelph; this is the only one I remember clearly enough to recognize the title. ( )

Consistent Gemmel. ( )

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Tenaka Khan is dead, poisoned by his own son, Jungir. He has also disposed of his brothers, and sent his sister into exile, because he has failed to produce an heir.

Some years later, due to a conflict with the local
earl, both Chareos the Blademaster and a young villager named Kiall set out to look for a woman captured by slavers.

Chareous encounters his friends, the other heroes of Bel-Azar - the only battle that Tenaka Khan did not win. Beltzer the axeman, and the archers, Finn and Magrig come with them, as does the mystic tribesmen Ostas.

Asta Khan, Tenaka's shaman, is still alive, and has deceived Jungir, and is plotting his master's return. This is part of the reason Tenaka left the Heroes of Bel-Azar alive.

Chareos is also a descendant of both the Drenai, and the Nadir, like Tenaka, and just may be the Earl of Bronze.

First, they must survive a trip into a demon infested undeworld, and an infiltration of the Nadir stronghold.

http://superprose.blogspot.com/2007/0... ( )