THE EMPIRES ORPHANS

In the space of three days, Rogan loses his royal privilege, his country, and his mother.Now knowing that his father, the King of Kanrine, orchestrated his mother&rsquo,s execution, Rogan is left stranded in his mother&rsquo,s homeland. Sickened by the idea of returning home to face his mother&rsquo,s killers, Rogan lowers himself to washing and sweeping for a local healer to survive. He&rsquo,s now a drudge, a mongrel, a nobody with airs. His one friend is Bryna, the poverty-stricken daughter of the city&rsquo,s former baron, who has her own reasons for skirting the notice of the city&rsquo,s occupying soldiers.Before Rogan can decide his next move, the mysterious death of a soldier pulls him and Bryna into a web of politics, murder, and magic. The two of them must race to separate truth from lies as the authorities&rsquo, investigations quickly turn personal&hellip,and deadly.Told from the alternating perspectives of a conqueror&rsquo,s son and a conquered lord&rsquo,s daughter, THE EMPIRE&rsquo,S ORPHANS follows two twelve-year-olds in a country simmering with national, racial, and class tension._,