Nations vie for dominion over the world, alliances form and fracture, and the fires of war continue to spread;
A blood-red comet streaks across the heavens, foretelling destruction and disaster;
An exiled princess follows the comet's path across the vast, barren wilderness, seeking only to fulfill her distant, elusive dream of restoring her kingdom;
On a day when the warm sun is about to set, a barbarian tribe from the frontier of civilization raises the banner of rebellion and roars in defiance at its former lord...
That's all bullshit. The protagonist of this book is pure evil and chaos. The whole story is packed with the guiding principles of "centralized rule is justice" and "the rabble are always plotting against me," along with plenty of chopping, chopping, and more chopping.
