This may be a few days late, but nevertheless this is exciting news. Tom Lloyd has posted his LiveJournal the finalised blurb for The Ragged Man. What do you all make of it?


"King Emin makes the most of it...while he still can." Could this mean the end of Emin?

"Emin must take his chance and strike without mercy." Finally, a battle between Emin and Styrax is coming.


"Even if it must be sought in the darkest place imaginable." A journey to hell perhaps?

and finally...


"They begin to realise the key to their survival may lie in the hands of a dead man." Lord Isak's return?

Of course this is just my interpretation of events, what Tom has up his sleeve is another story. I'm sure Isak returning will have great consequences for the whole Land, will he return with Aryn Bwr or alone?


You can view the full blurb below:

"The Ragged Man - book 4 of the Twilight Reign quintet:





Lord Isak is dead; his armies and the entire Farlan tribe are in disarray. As the Farlan retreat and Kastan Styrax mourns his own dead son, it is King Emin who takes the initiative . . . while he still can. And while the secret, savage war to which Emin has devoted his life nears its terrible conclusion, Ruhen is positioning himself as the answer to the Land’s problems. Before the conquering eye of Styrax, Lord of the Menin, turns in his direction Emin must take his chance and strike without mercy.



A showdown is coming. Battle-lines are drawn as blood is spilled across the Land. The spectre of the Great War looms, but this time the Gods will not be marching to war; it is men who will decide the future now.



But before victory, before survival, there must first be salvation – even if it must be sought in the darkest place imaginable. And as the tide turns against King Emin and his allies, they begin to realise the key to their survival may lie in the hands of a dead man" 

Source: Tom Lloyd Live Journal