"This was how it had been in the old days, when I had befriended others as easily as a child might blow seeds off a puff-flower. Those days seemed long ago."
Dolan is a quiet young man who spends his days working as a scribe. So why does he have a dagger hidden under his tunic?
When Dolan's hidden life turns to disaster, he must make his way through a warring world of many enemies and few allies. Figuring out which men are his allies will take time, and not much time is left.
As an empire crumbles and civilization is threatened, Dolan must use all his wits to survive, for only he can bring to safety the greatest treasure in the Three Lands.
This December 2024 omnibus edition of Empty Dagger Hand contains the 200,000-word novel, as well as 20,000 words' worth of side stories with more adventures by the novel's characters.
The tale of soldiers and friendships can be read on its own or as a volume in The Three Lands, a historical speculative fiction series on friendship, romance, and betrayal in times of war and peace.
The Three Lands is part of Chronicles of the Great Peninsula, a cycle of historical speculative fiction series about a battle between cultures. Chronicles of the Great Peninsula is set at a time when a centuries-old civilization is in danger of being destroyed. The cycle is inspired by conflicts between cultures during late antiquity.
