War casts its shadow over the lands that the dragons once ruled.<br><br>When an act of harrowing betrayal threatens to set the cities afire, all certainties are called into question. Only the courage of a young woman with the mind of a gambler and loyalty to no one stands between hope and universal darkness.<br><br>The high and powerful will fall, the despised and broken shall rise up, and <i>everything</i> will be remade. And quietly, almost beneath the notice of anyone, an old, broken-hearted warrior and an apostate priest will begin a terrible journey with an impossible goal: destroy a Goddess before she eats the world.<br><br>THE KING'S BLOOD is the second chapter in the thrilling fantasy series The Dagger and the Coin.