The Janissary

The King Shall Lose Both Head And Crown.  In The New People In Power The Second Book Of The Janissary Trilogy Field Marshal Konchak Fights To Reunite The Empire And Re-Conquer Breakaway Regions Including His Own Native Province. In The Village Where He Was Born The Janissary Comes Face To Face With His Own Past As An Ancient Oracle Foretells A Guastly Future. Konchak'S Destiny Is Mirrored By That Of His Friend The Brooding Nobleman Reiss Tselatse. Tselatse'S Infatuation With A Merchant'S Daughter Leads To An Unlikely Act Of Heroism: They Must Burn The Secret Police Archives To Keep Them Out Of The Hands Of Hostage-Takers. And Yet Not All The Files Are Burned . . . . Several Fragments Turn Up Later As Clues To Condemn A Spy . . . As Tselatse Completes His Tortured Journey From Idealistic Revolutionary To Cynical Secret Police Officer Konchak'S Career Falters. A Suspicious Death Within The Government Elite And The Ensuing Power Struggles Within The Top Triumvirate Turn The Two Friends Against One Another And Culminate In A Horrific Betrayal. Cast Down From The Pinnacle Of Military Glory To Bitter Exile In The Frozen Tundra Konchak Finds The Oracle'S Prophecy Fulfilled: A Day Will Come When Your Very Survival Will Depend On A Single Bowl Of Soup As Brutal War Sweeps Across The Continent This Epic Story Continues Of Revolution War Friendship Love And Betrayal.