Dragon Awards. Goodreads Choice Award Nominated. USA Today Bestseller, Sunday Times Bestseller, LibraryReads Choice, New York Times Fantasy of the Year. From a fantasy superstar and author of The Killerbot Diaries, a remarkable new story about strength and friendship, trust and betrayal, and also about the families we choose. When the Witch King and Prince of the Fourth House of the Underworld, Caisteron (or simply Kai to powerful friends and unusual relatives), awakens to find himself captive in a magical trap, the first question he has is: How did he even get into it? Upon learning that the witch Zide, his closest ally, is also trapped, Kai makes a spectacular escape not only from his bonds, but also from his body. This is not the first time he has pulled off such a stunt. We learn about this through a cleverly woven narrative that combines the history of the past with the exciting events of the present. Kayi's opponents include magic-wielding interpreters, terrifying monsters, arrogant Araiki warriors, treacherous politicians, and unimaginably powerful alien wizards bent on world domination. Confused, Kayi finds himself at war with both his demonic nature and his enemies. He will have to rely on old allies and newly acquired friends to unravel all the secrets of his enemy. As a conspiracy slowly unravels at the highest levels of the Nascent World, the empire that Kai helped create in his time, there are more questions than answers, and the danger grows enormously. The Witch King is a new novel by Martha Wells. For the first time in more than ten years, she returned to the fantasy genre that once made her one of the most important writers of a generation. Martha Wells's signature ability as an author is to create captivating characters that make us love and identify with, and take them on exciting adventures.