The Chernagor Pirates

In "The Scepter of Mercy: The Chernagor Pirates," the kingdom of Avornis faces imminent disaster as two rival kings, Lanius and Grus, share the throne amid a brewing civil war in neighboring Chernagor. With the threat of an immortal god looming, their only hope lies in recovering the lost Scepter of Mercy, now held by the barbaric Menteshe. This epic fantasy, originally written under the pseudonym Dan Chernenko by Hugo Award-winning author Harry Turtledove, weaves a gripping tale of conflict and survival in a richly imagined world.