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Krispos Rising

By: Del Rey Books

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Alternate-History Novels (Del Rey Books)

Last Stocked on 6/21/2023

Product Info

Title
Krispos Rising
Publisher
Category
Author
Harry Turtledove
Publish Year
1991
Pages
353
Dimensions
4.25x7x1"
NKG Part #
2147859783
Type
Novel - Softcover

Description

Videssos was beset by enemies abroad and had fallen into decadence at home. But on his first night in the imperial capital, The Empire’s health mattered less to Krispos than finding a dry place to sleep.

Driven by crushing taxes from the farm where his family had lived—and died—Krispos had come to the. city seeking what fortune a good mind and a strong back could earn. He had a single goldpiece to his name—the gift, years past, of a nomad chieftain to a ragged peasant boy. Now, though the night was raw and the inn was warm, he was loath to spend that coin, for the barbarian had claimed it carried magic.

Keep his lucky goldpiece or trade it for a warm, dry bed? Krispos tucked the coin away and stepped back into the wet streets—all unaware that so simple a choice would lead to a world of peril and possibility. . . .