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The city of Akkad has just driven off a barbarian assault. But winning the battle has created a host of new problems for Eskkar and Trella. Empire Rising picks up where Dawn of Empire left off.
The countryside is ravaged, crops destroyed, and thousands of people are killed or enslaved. Akkad is exhausted, short of food, with most of its soldiers dead. Bandits roam the land, adding to the destruction caused by the barbarian migration.
Eskkar and Trella need to get Akkad back to the prosperity it enjoyed, but it won’t be easy. Shortages lead to discontent and those rulers displaced by Eskkar begin to complain once again. In spite of all these problems, Eskkar is forced to leave Akkad, to begin pacifying the countryside. Trella, now very pregnant, stays behind, ruling in his place.
But unknown to either of them another player has entered the city. Korthac, driven out of his native land of Egypt, has arrived in Akkad and prepares to take control. Ruthless, cruel, and an experienced warrior, he devises a plan and begins building his own forces.
Unaware of what’s going on, Eskkar keeps busy pacifying the northern borders of Akkad. Defeating one of the local warlords, he meets Lani. The captured concubine of the defeated warlord, she appeals to Eskkar for help. Lani is very diffferent from Trella, and Eskkar soon finds himself with another woman on his hands.
Torn between two women, he learns that Akkad and Trella have fallen into Korthac’s hands.
Now it’s Eskkar who’s outside the wall, fighting to get into the city and rescue his wife and Sargon, his newborn son. Will he succeed in recapturing both his city and his family?
Read Empire Rising and find out.
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