Hachette India

The Hand of the Sun King

J.T. Greathouse

'An exciting new voice in epic fantasy' SFX

My name is Wen Alder. My name is Foolish Cur.

All my life, I have been torn between two legacies: my father's, whose family trace their roots back to the right hand of the Emperor. My mother's, whose family want to bring the Empire to its knees.

I can choose between them - between the safety of empire or the freedom of rebellion - or I can seek out a better path . . . one filled with magic and secrets, unbound by suffocating legacy, but one which could shake my world to its very foundation.

For my quest will bring me face to face with the gods themselves. And they have been watching. Waiting to make their move . . .

'Brilliantly told and immediately engrossing' Andrea Stewart, critically accalimed author of The Bone Shard Emperor

'A captivating epic of conflicted loyalties and dangerous ambition' Anthony Ryan, New York Times bestselling author of The Pariah

J.T. Greathouse

J.T. Greathouse has been writing fantasy and science fiction since he was eleven years old. He holds a BA in history and philosophy with a minor in Asian studies as well as a Master's in Teaching from Whitworth University and spent four months of intensive study in Chinese language and culture at Minzu University of China in Beijing. The Hand of the Sun King was his first novel. His short fiction has appeared often as Jeremy A. TeGrotenhuis in Beneath Ceaseless Skies Writers of the Future 34 Deep Magic Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show and elsewhere. He currently lives in Spokane Washington with his wife Hannah and several overflowing bookshelves.