ABANDONED. Prologue: Man has learned tyrant's true name, but will forget it when spoken. (Fantasy)

[Pene|ope • Temp Hyperfixation: WC & OMV]

I started this book a year or two ago, but didn't get very far into before it had to go back to the library. Here's what I remember:

It's a fantasy that begins with a man who is blindfolded and taken in to kneel before some sort of tyrant-type of leader. While there, he speaks the leader's true name--something that was almost impossible to find, and is forgotten as soon as it is spoken. Mild spoiler for the prologue: Speaking his name in person is supposed to give him control over the leader, (view spoiler)[but he's been tricked, because the leader isn't actually there in person. (hide spoiler)]

If I remember right, the story may have then moved on to actually be about a girl who is searching for the leader's name as well, but I may be combining memories from another story.

I thought it was Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson, but I just checked it out, and it isn't the book I was thinking of (though I'm never opposed to anything by Brandon Sanderson). Any ideas of what book this may be called?

[Ann aka Iftcan]

Try the Black Company by Glen Cook. That series has this going on in it. The Black Company is the first book in the series.

[Chris]

Tigana, by Guy Gavriel Kay, is about a tyrant who has made it impossible to speak the name of a conquered kingdom. Could that be it? http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10...

Hm...I just looked at the preview on Amazon and it doesn't seem to start with the scene you describe. It's still a good read, though.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Penelope, are you still looking for this? Was it either of the works suggested?

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

No response in 2.5 years. Moving to Abandoned.