In an alternate 15th century where magic still is part of life, the HolyRoman Empire rules Europe. Constantinople is under siege by the Venetians andtheir allies. Hekate, Goddess of Crossroads, presides over the conflict andcarnage as alternate visions of civilization collide. And since Constantinopleis the crossroad city of east and west, and it is here that Italian captainBenito Valdosta must deal with the powerful magical manifestation of the WeepingWoman, a disguised Hekate, in order to save his daughter and to destroy thefleets of the Chernobog assembling in the Black Sea before they can cut into thesoft underbelly of Europe. With land battle, naval action, cunningassassinations, and heartbreak aplenty — not to mention the ongoingconflict between Lord of the Dead Aidonus and Benito for the love of a woman,civilization is at the crossroads and choices must be made that will bringvictory and freedom for centuries to come — or a new Dark Age!Burdens of the Dead is the sequel to Much Fall of Blood, Book4 in the Heirs of Alexandria series.
