The release date for the English version of 'The King of Attolia' by
Megan Whalen Turner is Jan 2006. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
The Thief of Eddis rose to become King of Attolia via cunning and stealing. Eugenides is caught in a web of his own construction, but he wanted the queen, not the throne.
Then he pulls a young, gullible guard into the thick of the political whirlwind. Though Costis is aware that he is the king's puppet, his disdain for Eugenides gradually gives way to reluctant admiration. The recently anointed king is much more than he seems, even if he is fighting against his destiny. The dishonest Attolian court will soon discover that Eugenides is more cunning and sophisticated than it is.