The player assumes the role of George Stobbart, an American tourist in Paris, France as he attempts to unravel a conspiracy. For JanusвЂ™s ambitions extend beyond the battlefield and into the realm of the supernatural-a realm with the power to reshape the known world and change the lives of everyone in its path.Broken Sword: The Shadow of the TemplarsВ (also known as Circle of BloodВ in the United States)В is a 1996 point-and-click adventure game developed by Revolution Software.

Under his command, Marcus and Winter feel the tide turning and their allegiance being tested. Their fate depends on Colonel Janus bet Vhalnich. But when chance sees her promoted to command, she must lead her men into battle against impossible odds. To flee from her past, Winter Ihernglass masqueraded as a man and enlisted as a ranker in the Vordanai Colonials, hoping only to avoid notice. Set in an alternate nineteenth century, muskets and magic are weapons to be feared in the first вЂњspectacular epicвЂќ (Fantasy Book Critic) in Django WexlerвЂ™s Shadow Campaigns series.Д¬aptain Marcus dвЂ™Ivoire, commander of one of the Vordanai empireвЂ™s colonial garrisons, was serving out his days in a sleepy, remote outpost-until a rebellion left him in charge of a demoralized force clinging to a small fortress at the edge of the desert. But with the people suffering under the DukeвЂ™s tyranny, they intend to protect the kingdom with every power they can command, earthly or otherwise. As Marcus and Winter struggle to find their places in the home they never thought they would see again, they help Janus and Raesinia set in motion events that could shatter OrlankoвЂ™s powers, but perhaps at the price of throwing the nation into chaos. He is the most feared man in the kingdom, and he knows an arcane secret that puts Raesinia completely at his mercy.Д«ut Raesinia has found unlikely allies in the returning war hero Janus bet Vhalnich, and his loyal deputies, Captain Marcus dвЂ™Ivoire and Lieutenant Winter Ihernglass. The most dangerous is Duke Orlanko, Minister of Information, and master of the secret police. Soon his daughter, Raesinia will be the first Queen Regnant in centuries-and a target for those who seek to control her. The King of the Vordan is on his deathbed. вЂњAn immensely entertaining novelвЂќ (Tor.com) from the author of The Thousand NamesвЂ¦ Now, each must decide which leader truly commands their loyalty-and what price they might pay for final victory.ДЄnd in the depths of Elysium, a malign force is rising-and defeating it might mean making sacrifices beyond anything they have ever imagined. Soldiers Marcus dвЂ™Ivoire and Winter Ihernglass find themselves caught between their general and their queen. For their Priests of the Black, there can be no truce with heretics and demons they seek to destroy, and the war is to the death. Queen Raesinia of Vordan is anxious to see the return of peace, but Janus insists that any peace with the implacable Sworn Church of Elysium is doomed to fail.

And as Winter recovers from her injuries and mourns her losses, she knows the demon she carries inside her might be the only thing standing between the Beast and the destruction of everything in its pathвЂ¦.ДЄs the вЂњaudacious and subversiveвЂќ* Shadow Campaigns novels continue, the weather is growing warmer, but the frosty threat of VordanвЂ™s enemies is only growing worseвЂ¦ДЄs the roar of the guns subsides and the smoke of battle clears, the country of Vordan is offered a fragile peaceвЂ¦ДЄfter their shattering defeats at the hands of brilliant General Janus bet Vhalnich, the opposing powers have called all sides to the negotiating table in hopes of securing an end to the war. Marcus must take the field against his old commander, a man who has seemed an unbeatable strategist. Raesinia must struggle to keep her country under control and risks becoming everything she fought against. The news arrives like a thunderbolt: Janus has declared himself the rightful Emperor of Vordan.В Chaos grips the city as officers and regiments are forced to declare for queen or emperor. The Beast, the ancient demon imprisoned beneath the fortress-city of Elysium for a thousand years, has been loosed on the world.В It absorbs mind after mind, spreading like a plague through the north.В The fell army it has raised threatens the heart of Vordan, and it is under the command of the BeastвЂ™s greatest prize: legendary general Janus bet Vhalnich.ДЄs Queen Raesinia Orboan and soldiers Marcus DвЂ™Ivoire and Winter Ihernglass grapple with the aftermath of a hard-fought military campaign, they soon discover a betrayal they never could have foreseen. Military might and arcane power clash in Django WexlerвЂ™s thrilling new Shadow Campaigns novel.

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