About the author(s)

Ariana Franklin was the award-winning author of Mistress of the Art of Death and the critically acclaimed, bestselling medieval thriller series of the same name, as well as the twentieth-century thriller City of Shadows. She died in 2011, while writing The Siege Winter.

Reviews

“Engrossing thriller...Franklin deftly orchestrates her characters on and off the world’s stage, building suspense to a dramatic, surprising finish.” - Publishers Weekly

“Entertaining.” - Kirkus Reviews

“A haunting, brilliant picture of a time and place gone terribly wrong.” - Denver Post

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