When the last member of the oldest noble family in Avryn is targeted for assassination, Riyria is hired to foil the plot. Three years have passed since the war-weary mercenary Hadrian and the cynical ex-assassin Royce joined forces to start life as rogues-for-hire. Things have gone well enough until they're asked to help prevent a murder. Now they must venture into an ancient corner of the world to save a mysterious woman who knows more about Royce than is safe and cares less about herself than is sane.  From the New York Times bestselling author of The Legends of the First Empire and The Rise and Fall comes the nineth installment of fast-paced fantasy adventure about his most popular rogues-for-hire known as Riyria.  Although part of a series, it's designed to thrill both new readers and Riyria veterans wishing to reunite with old friends.  “Once again, I’m reminded of how much I LOVE Michael Sullivan’s snarky, irreverent writing. More than once, I found myself laughing out loud at some sarcastic/droll quip—most of the time spoken by Royce, but Hadrian gets in a few funny ones as well. Absolutely worth reading” – Andy Peloquin, author of the Darkblade series “The reality is that Royce Melborn and Hadrian Blackwater are possibly two of my favorite fictional characters ever." -- Fantasy Book Review  “I sound like a broken record, but I’m repetitively impressed by what Sullivan did with this series of standalone prequel novels to The Riyria Revelations. Imbued with the precise balance of danger, revelations, humor, friendship, loss, love, and hope, The Death of Dulgath is another engrossing feel-good fantasy novel. I honestly believe it deserves a spot in my list of favorite books.” – Novel Notions “The reality is that Royce Melborn and Hadrian Blackwater are possibly two of my favourite fictional characters ever, right up there with Tiffany Aching and Sam Vimes, Faramir, and Whiskeyjack. When you go and include the wonderful world in which the two characters inhabit, and Sullivan’s Riyria books are some of my most beloved.” – Fantasy Book Review “Yes, I absolutely loved The Death of Dulgath just like I loved all the others.  It’s just so hard for me not to.  The books are just so full of action, entertaining characters and fun that I just enjoy reading them and The Death of Dulgath is no exception. -- The Hobbleit Michael J. Sullivan is a  New York Times  (3 titles),  USA Today  (3 titles), and  Washington Post  hardcover (2 titles) bestselling author, and no one is more surprised by those facts than he. When just a boy, Michael found a typewriter in the basement of a friend's house, inserted a blank piece of paper, and typed, "It was a dark and stormy night." He was just ten years old and mimicking the only writer he knew at the time: Snoopy. That spark ignited a flame, and Michael's desire to fill blank pages became a life-long obsession. As an adult, Michael spent more than ten years developing his craft by studying authors such as Stephen King, Ernest Hemingway, and John Steinbeck. During that time, he wrote thirteen novels but garnered no interest from the publishing industry. Since insanity is repeating the same action while expecting a different result, he made the rational choice and quit, vowing never to write creatively again. Never turned out to be too long for Michael, and after a decade, he returned to the keyboard in his forties, but with one condition: He wouldn't seek publication. Instead, he wrote a series of books that had been building in his head during his hiatus. His first reading love was fantasy, and he hoped to foster a similar reaction in his then thirteen-year-old daughter who struggled due to dyslexia. After reading the third book of this series, his wife insisted that the novels had to "get out there." When Michael refused to jump back onto the query-go-round, Robin took over the publication tasks, and she has run the business side of his writing ever since. Currently, Michael is a hybrid author with nineteen novels released through big-five publishers, a small press, or indie-produced. The Riyria Revelations: 6 books sold as 3 two-book omnibus editions from Orbit (fantasy imprint of Hachette Book Group) —  Theft of Swords  •  Rise of Empire  •  Heir of Novron - The Riyria Chronicles: 2 books released from Orbit, 2 indie-produce, 1 in production —  The Crown Tower   •  The Rose and the Thorn  •  The Death of Dulgath  •  The Disappearance of Winter's Daughter  •  Drumindor  (release date TBD) Legends of the First Empire: 3 books released from Del Rey (fantasy imprint of Penguin Random House) and 3 indie-published) —  Age of Myth  •  Age of Swords  •  Age of War  • Age of Legend  • Age of Death  •  Age of Empyre - The Rise and Fall Trilogy: all indie-published —  Nolyn  •  Farilane  •  Esrahaddon  (coming 2023) - Standalone science fiction thriller: released by Tachyon Publications —  Hollow World Michael's stories center around unlikely heroes who rise to th