The Ninth Oath: Book III of Nine Oaths: 3

The House of Tides taught Einar and his friends to read the world around them. Now that world is turning against them.Hidden loyalties have begun to surface. Old correspondence links powerful families to the secrets surrounding Astrid, Lucius and the Nine Marks. Rumour travels faster than evidence, and the House-part home, part political hostage system, part keeper of dangerous knowledge-has become a target.Einar wants the truth made clear. Sigurd must consider what truth will do once it enters the hands of frightened men. Aila searches for a course that protects people without protecting lies. Yrsa discovers that a story can save courage or sharpen hatred. Fionn can no longer stand between every side of his divided life.When pressure becomes siege, the five friends must defend the place that made them a family while questioning the rule that has governed silence for generations. The Ninth Oath was said to be ancient. The evidence suggests a more human origin-and human rules can be used, distorted and changed.The Ninth Oath concludes the first cycle of The Nine Oaths: a historical-fantasy novel of siege, loyalty and the moment childhood choices become adult consequences.