Beyond wizardwall

the long version

In Tyse at the foot of Wizardwall, Niko, disillusioned, quits the Sacred Band of Stepsons, then falls into the hands of the Band's enemies and into the middle of a plot to assassinate the Rankan emperor at the Festival of Man. Stalked by the Nisibisi witch who loves him and secretly protected by the Sacred Band of Stepsons who are trying to extricate him, Niko faces his greatest peril. Tempus leads his Sacred Band of Stepsons to a costly victory against the Mygdonian alliance in this third of the three 'Beyond' novels, joined by Tempus's daughter Kama and her unit, the 3rd Commando, consummate shock troops of the Rankan Empire. A bold and innovative book in the Sacred Band series, full of intrigue, passion and conflict among the Stepsons themselves and between them and their enemies.