Magic: The Gathering: Legends Cycle II Series by Scott McGough

A new story inspired by the classic trading card game.This title launches an all-new trilogy based on key characters and events from the top-selling Magic: The Gathering trading card game. These titles expand on the history of the Magic (r) world and fill in the backstory for the fans.ASSASSINATION HAS ITS PRICE!Scheming, intelligent, and power-hungry, the emperor�s assassin moves always in shadow. He kills whom his master wishes and plans his own rise to power... moreA new story inspired by the classic trading card game.This title launches an all-new trilogy based on key characters and events from the top-selling Magic: The Gathering trading card game. These titles expand on the history of the Magic (r) world and fill in the backstory for the fans.ASSASSINATION HAS ITS PRICE!Scheming, intelligent, and power-hungry, the emperor�s assassin moves always in shadow. He kills whom his master wishes and plans his own rise to power. Against him, one man stands on his honor, determined to end the cycle of death dealt from dark corners. Amid a dark landscape ravaged by war, the two at last confront one another. At stake is the future of the empire. less

Honor Tested by War Though his assassins have failed, the godlike Madaran emperor has other ways of crushing rebellion. He sends the brutal imperial army to rein in a defiant island chain, and the empire is once more plunged into violence. The emperor's champion accompanies the army, but his loyalty will be tested by the horrors of war. Can the champion achieve honorable victory, or will he and the rebels alike be crushed by the Emperor's Fist?

With a dragon king sitting on the throne of Madara, Ayesha and Wasitora join forces with Tetsuo, who struggles to regain his honor by destroying the emperor he once served, to stop the evil that has overrun the land, in the epic conclusion of the fantasy trilogy. Original.