The young Emperor Banisu is locked in a life-and-death struggle to unite the shattered remnants of the Three Clans. The Syriot Empire was dealt a bloody nose at the Battle of the Irragonda River, but General Eben continues to push his agents inland in an attempt to win over the Shinzen Clan.
Among them is the translator Vermilies, determined to secure a place in the ascendant Syriot Empire no matter the cost. Tasked with opening up trade routes and winning over local fiefdoms, Vermilies risks life and limb as he heads the Syriot quest for magic-enhancing spices.
The legendary Black Bekhar hasn’t quite left his pirate days behind. Tasked by General Eben with cutting a bloody swath through the jungles of the Three Clans, Bekhar leads a ragtag crew of cutthroats and brigands on a private war of plunder. Yet they face a powerful host–the mercenary army of war elephants led by the Prince of the Wastes.
Banisu’s last hope of success depends on the martial prowess of the heroic Prince Sharnipur as two great forces converge on the last of the remaining Three Clans in a climactic battle of tusk and blade. All this while unseen gods watch and scheme, their own plans beginning to unfold…
Tusk and Blade is Book 2 in the epic fantasy series Chronicles of the Spice Wars.
