a brief excerpt from GHOST IN THE SURGE

Let us have a brief excerpt from GHOST IN THE SURGE:

Kylon had loved his sister, had been in awe of her sorcerous prowess and her political skill, but as he stood upon the prow of his ship and looked at the capital of the Empire, he realized that Andromache had been a fool.

There was no way New Kyre could ever have conquered the Empire, even if Andromache had become the most powerful sorceress in the world. New Kyre was but one city with a fleet. Malarae was just one of the Empire’s great cities. The Empire was too large, too wealthy, too populous. The Kyracians could defeat the Empire at sea, but they could never hope to conquer the Empire of Nighmar.

The best New Kyre could hope was to stand free of the Empire’s might, to use its fleets and wealth to make the city far too difficult a target.

And as Imperial warships came to escort his squadron into the harbor, Kylon hoped he could do that.