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Emperor of Thorns
Mark Lawrence
Lawrence brings the Broken Empire series to its devastating conclusionThe path to the throne is broken – only the broken can walk itThe world is cracked and time has run through, leaving us clutching at the end days. These are the days that have waited for us all our lives. These are my days. I will stand before the Hundred and they will listen. I will take the throne no matter who stands against me, living or dead, and if I must be the last emperor then I will make of it such an ending.This is where the wise man turns away. This is where the holy kneel and call on God. These are the last miles, my brothers. Don't look to me to save you. Run if you have the wit. Pray if you have the soul. Stand your ground if courage is yours. But don't follow me.Follow me, and I will break your heart.
EMPEROR
OF THORNS
Book Three of The Broken Empire
Mark Lawrence
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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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Table of Contents
Title Page (#u1b4fe233-a335-53c8-bc83-7fce8761b6a7)
Copyright (#u00a46807-fba1-54c1-a2b4-edacff457151)
Dedication (#u0028d764-dde7-5e3c-82e3-6ab1ce7590db)
Map (#u58f9a474-c857-5393-ade0-b796323f6e69)
The Story So Far (#ud6064d63-9143-54c1-a118-9d07818a6606)
Prologue (#ueb8eed16-c3cd-5856-ba38-959ee161c5cf)
Chapter 1 (#uae1a7df0-d4ab-53dc-ada4-9a6a9fe51b91)
Chapter 2 (#ucd681e4a-36e1-5031-8adb-ad3538d7bdfb)
Chapter 3 (#ue0ef34d0-f343-53cb-9a5a-41c661d75d70)
Chapter 4 (#ua5739f5c-41bb-574a-851d-5633f37d2988)
Chapter 5 (#uca448707-6ace-5715-a742-207fe46d13d4)
Chapter 6 (#uebc235b0-b8f2-57ff-960c-9c04e82fa6fe)
Chapter 7 (#u0dcd4407-34cf-57f0-8491-dc314a0b2739)
Chapter 8 (#uc162a740-d53c-5a22-ae47-f1482faa8d9c)
Chapter 9 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 10 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 11 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 12 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 13 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 14 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 15 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 16 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 17 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 18 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 19 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 20 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 21 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 22 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 23 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 24 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 25 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 26 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 27 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 28 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 29 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 30 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 31 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 32 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 33 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 34 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 35 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 36 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 37 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 38 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 39 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 40 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 41 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 42 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 43 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 44 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 45 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 46 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 47 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 48 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 49 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 50 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 51 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 52 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 53 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 54 (#litres_trial_promo)
An Afterthought (#litres_trial_promo)
Keep Reading (#litres_trial_promo)
Acknowledgments (#litres_trial_promo)
About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)
Also by Mark Lawrence (#litres_trial_promo)
About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)
Dedicated to my son, Bryn.
The Story So Far (#ulink_6c703963-169e-5da7-9a66-163ca560baa9)
For those of you who have had to wait a year for this book I provide a brief synopsis of books 1 and 2, so that your memories may be refreshed. Here I carry forward only what is of importance to the tale that follows.
1 Jorg’s mother and brother, William, were killed when he was nine: he hung hidden in the thorns and witnessed it. His uncle sent the assassins.
2 Jorg’s father, Olidan, is not a nice man. He killed Jorg’s dog when Jorg was six, and stabbed Jorg in the chest when he was fourteen.
3 Jorg’s father still rules in Ancrath, married now to Sareth. Sareth’s sister Katherine is Jorg’s step-aunt and something of an obsession for him.
4 Jorg accidentally (though not guiltlessly) killed his baby step-brother Degran.
