The Darkness Before Them
By (Author) Matthew Ward
Little, Brown Book Group
Orbit
23rd January 2024
9th November 2023
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Fantasy
823.92
Paperback
560
Width 126mm, Height 196mm, Spine 44mm
380g
The sprawling Kingdom of Khalad stands alone. Severed from the rest of the world by an ancient, arcane war, its folk toil behind a wall of living mist, beholden to an undead king and his barons.
But hope lies with two figures: Kat, an accomplished thief, and Vallant, a rebel and folk hero. Together they will light a fire that will burn away the corruption and tyranny of King Diar's rule. But only if they succeed . . .Matthew Ward has frequently been accused of living in worlds of his own imagination, though really he lives near Nottingham with his extremely patient wife and several attention-seeking cats.