The Tower of the Tyrant - Paperback

by J. T. Greathouse (Author)

In a terrorized kingdom where the ghosts of the past do not rest in peace, a sorceress comes calling.

Some flee from wraiths. Others are drawn to them. Fola is both.

Cast out from the City of the Wise, Fola embarks on a journey to explore her interests in the barriers between life, death, and undeath. It has been a lifelong passion for Fola and she has the magical skills to help those in this world as well as comfort the restless souls from beyond. When Fola hears word of a kingdom plagued by darkness, she knows what she must do.

Pervading all of Parwys are rumors of a haunting that drove its king mad. Upon arrival, Fola's greater challenge may be among the living. Hostile nobles, political machinations, and a growing rebel faction have shaken the stability of the court. And as the threat of a templar invasion looms, Fola's quest to rid the vulnerable Parwys of a sinister scourge has just begun.

As chaos threatens the kingdom, Fola must rely on her uncanny talent, outwit conspiracies, and trust unlikely new allies to survive what lies ahead.

Author Biography

J.T. Greathouse is the British Fantasy Award-nominated author of the Pact & Pattern trilogy: The Hand of the Sun King, The Garden of Empire, and The Pattern of the World. In addition to writing, he has been a student in Beijing, an ESL instructor in Taipei, a bookseller, and a high school English teacher. His short fiction has appeared, often as Jeremy A. TeGrotenhuis, in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, PodCastle, Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show, and elsewhere.