Soleri

Michael Johnston brings you the first in a new epic fantasy series inspired by ancient Egyptian history and King Lear.. The ruling family of the Soleri Empire has been in power longer than even the calendars that stretch back 2826 years. Those records tell a history of conquest and domination by a people descended from gods older than anything in the known world. No living person has seen them for centuries yet their grip on their four subjugate kingdoms remains tighter than ever.. On the day of the annual eclipse the Harkan king Arko-Hark Wadi sets off on a hunt and shirks his duty rather than bow to the emperor. Ren his son and heir is a prisoner in the capital while his daughters struggle against their own chains. Merit the eldest has found a way to stand against imperial law and marry the man she desires but needs her sisters help and Kepi has her own ideas. . Meanwhile Sarra Amunet Mother Priestess of the sun gods cult holds the keys to the end of an empire and a past betrayal that could shatter her family. . Detailed and historical vast in scope and intricate in conception Soleri bristles with primal magic and unexpected violence. It is a world of ancient and elaborate rites of unseen power and kingdoms ravaged by war where victory comes with a price and every truth conceals a deeper secret.