Emperor and Clown ; Book Four of A Man of His Word

The loyal stableboy Rap had fought through hell and high water to rescue Inos, his queen. But once he did, he found that she had already married the accursed Sultan Azak, who had despoiled her beauty. As Inos follows her destiny, and Azak his, Rap awaits his fate at the hands of torturers.... Duncan wraps up the adventures of Rap, the heroic stable boy whose quest is to save his queen in this grand finale to the A Man of His Word series. Having failed to rescue Queen Inos from Azak, Rap awaits his fate at the hands of Azak's torturers. Inos follows her destiny and her husband on a journey whose outcome even the gods could not have foretold