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- Following a series of murders, the Inquisitor Barakat's hold over Tumanbay is complete. Rebel fighter Manel seeks refuge with co-conspirator Doctor Dorin . But can Dorin be trusted and what is "the great project" he is working on with Barakat? (en)
- Weakened by occupation, an offer of friendship and protection comes from the Balarac, a formidable group of priest warriors, led by the blind Grand Master Amalric. But protection comes at a price the city can ill-afford. Whilst General Qulan leaves to build an army, in the palace Gregor finds himself in a desperate struggle for power and influence. (en)
- Matilla, having murdered her abusive husband, returns with Frog to her family home to try to rescue her brother and flee the city. Meanwhile, Cadali, now a captive of the priest-like Balarac, is brought back to Tumanbay in chains and offered as a gift to Fatima. As the city welcomes the Balarac in, a new uncomfortable alliance seems to be forming. Or is it a deadly game of deception? (en)
- Gregor - Master of the Palace Guard - is charged by Sultan Al-Ghuri with the task of rooting out an insurgence and crushing it. (en)
- As Tumanbay prepares for a royal wedding, the return of a certain prominent palace official offers hope of new alliances. Whilst the kite flyers of Tumanbay risk their lives for new adventure, Heaven—whose father was executed during the occupation—attempts to rebuild the family slave business and goes on a voyage to distance shores to purchase slaves, accompanied by one of her father's business associates, the self-serving Bavand. (en)
- The blood-soaked finale to the second series. The rebel army, under General Qulan prepares to march on the city where Gregor struggles to decide where his loyalties lie and is faced with a terrible truth about his past. (en)
- Tumanbay, the wealthiest city on earth, has been conquered by a brutal religious regime, the followers of Maya. Responsible for rooting out heretics is Barakat , a ruthless and uncompromising zealot. As refugees scramble to escape the city, Gregor , previously Master of the Palace Guard, has sworn an oath to the new rulers and struggles to survive as the new regime sets about dismantling the city of everything of value. (en)
- Manel and Heaven have escaped the city and go to the swamps in search of Manel's enslaved father, General Qulan . Back in Tumanbay, there's someone new in charge and the puppet Sultan Madu has a secret rendezvous with his old love, Daniel . (en)
- The return of General Qulan with an army from the provinces offers hope of stability to the city recovering from a recent coup. But with them has come Herod's ambitious mother Fatima, a new player in the fight for power. Meanwhile, the slave merchant Bavand has found his way back to Tumanbay. With debts to pay, he turns to his one remaining "asset", his daughter Matilla. (en)
- General Qulan travels to the provinces to raise an army and encounters Fatima, a provincial governor's wife with a score to settle. In Tumanbay, a coup is underway and Prince Herod has a chance to act to save his wife, the Sultana Manel. Meanwhile, slave merchant Heaven, having been captured by the Balarac at sea, is recruited as assistant and reader to the blind Grand Master, a position that gives her access to ancient scrolls that appear to unlock profound secrets to the world. (en)
- Another threat is making its way by sea. As slave merchant Ibn awaits for his family to arrive in Tumanbay, sickness has broken out on the ship carrying them. (en)
- Tumanbay is in chaos after the murder of a highly placed individual. Heaven and her slave companion find themselves prisoners of a nomadic tribe in the desert. Having failed in his duty of keeping the Palace safe, Gregor attempts to unlock the secret of the missing reliquary and find out why it is worth killing for. (en)
- Sultan Al-Ghuri dreams of victory against rebellious provincial leader Maya. Meanwhile Gregor is in pursuit of missing slave-girl Sarah and must venture into the catacombs beneath the city, haven to those who wish to escape the brutality of the City above. (en)
- Tumanbay is recovering from a brutal occupation by the followers of Maya. Manel, daughter of the Empire's greatest general, now sits on the throne. Her chief advisor and lover is the mysterious traveler Alkin. The city has been plundered of much of its wealth, and desperate for allies, a marriage has been arranged between Manel and Herod, the feckless son of a powerful provincial governor. Gregor, Manel's uncle and Master of the elite Palace Guard, is convinced that Maya and her followers are still a threat to the Empire. (en)
- While betrayals and counter-betrayals dominate Gregor's every waking moment, and the young puppet Sultan, Madu, becomes increasingly reckless in his quest to satisfy his cravings, Gregor's niece Manel is sent by her rebel comrades into the desert on a mission to kill. What she discovers there is a threat even deadlier than Tumanbay's brutal new rulers. (en)
- Fourteen year old daughter of slave merchant Ibn is adrift at sea in a small boat and captive to an escaped slave . Now she must depend on her slave captor for her survival. Madu , the spoilt nephew of the Sultan, also has to grow up quickly as he swaps palace life for hard graft in the army. (en)
- As the people of Tumanbay await news of the Sultan's great victory, Gregor the heartless player discovers he has a heart and that he has been played. (en)
- Treachery lurks in the shadows in the form of Cadali, the recently returned vizier. Meanwhile, the prophet boy Frog is a stowaway on a Balarc ship. His mission: to kill their leader, the blind Grand Master, who he believes is destined to harm the girl he loves. (en)
- General Qulan finds the Provincial Governors less than enthusiastic as he arrives to gather the armies to fight rebel "queen" Maya. In Tumanbay, Gregor is under pressure to find the spies but his investigations keep leading him back to Shajar the Sultan's chief wife and a reliquary she has secreted away. (en)
- A trade delegation from across the ocean, brings to Tumanbay the very latest in war merchandise. Convinced of victory by the words of the prophet child, the Sultan is now ready to march out with his armies and destroy rebellious provincial leader Maya. His nephew Madu has only one desire - to escape the city with his army comrade and lover Daniel . But Daniel is not everything he seems. (en)
- After his failed bid for power, Cadali flees across the desert with his son Selim, while Fatima, set on revenge for her murdered son, sends Gregor to bring him back. Meanwhile, Frog returns to the city and to Matilla, the girl he loves, believing he has changed her fate. (en)
- Shajar, the Sultan's chief wife , plots her son Madu's succession to the throne. While Gregor, Master of the Palace Guard, is determined to discover what it is she has taken from the aged Hafiz and is having repaired in the workshop of a pair of artisans in the city. Marching with the army out to the provinces, Madu's slave find solace with an unlikely companion. (en)
- Under the brutal rule of the puritanical followers of Maya, Tumanbay, once the most powerful and wealthy city on earth, has become a place of fear and suspicion. While Gregor attempts to survive the regime by collaborating and demonstrating his loyalty, his niece Manel is drawn to the rebel cause. Both are playing a deadly game. (en)
- Threat of plague from outlying villages and how to deal with it brings the Inquisitor Barakat into conflict with the ailing regent Effendi Red . Meanwhile, Manel - having failed in the task given to her by the rebels - must now prove her commitment to the cause by undertaking a more dangerous mission. One that brings her face to face with a deadly secret at the heart of this fanatical regime. (en)
- Sultan is increasingly insecure and fearful for his life, so begins a purge of the Palace. Slave trader Ibn , is reunited with the daughter he thought he had lost. And her slave companion finally comes face to face with Gregor , the man who stole his kingdom. (en)
- As slave trader Ibn , accused of hoarding heretical text, seeks justice from the new regime's religious courts, news arrives of a devastating plague in the swamps outside the city. Undeterred, the all-powerful Inquisitor, Barakat , continues his mission to cleanse the city of heretics and he chooses Gregor to assist. (en)
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