The Fools Gambit

For eighteen years, Prince Piers Luke played the fool—third in line to Southcrests throne, yet secretly a peerless warrior and master of The Net, the realms deadliest assassins. But when Emperor Cyrus plots to purge his house, Piers blade speaks. He shatters the royal court, slays the tyrant, and crowns a new empress, breaking his familys chains of loyalty to claim ultimate power.