The Academy of Kings King's Chess The Book of Pawns

A world teetering over the edge of the Abyss, forged in the inferno of the wars of old. An heir soon to come of age, a stranger in a stranger land, the forgotten bloodlines of the ancient enemy, slaves and their nobles. As destiny and the choices of those bound by fate, prophecies, and spells gone wrong converge upon the academy of kings, Soroura the Imperial Academy within the Claduless Empire on the continent of Malateen becomes once again center stage for the king's chess.