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Author
Series
Dread empire's fall volume 3
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
There are only two people who can defeat the Naxids and save the Empire - and neither is looking hopeful. Sula is on the ground trying to start a revolution with an army of three. Lord Gareth Martinez is with the Fleet raiding into enemy territory when he uncovers a murderous plot to see him and the Fleet destroyed.
62) A desperate hope
Author
Series
Empire State volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A female accountant in 1908, Eloise Drake thought she'd put her past behind her. Then her new job lands her in the path of the man who broke her heart. Alex Duval, mayor of a doomed town, can't believe his eyes when he sees Eloise as part of the entourage that's come to wipe his town off the map. Can he convince her to help him--and give him another chance?
Author
Series
Grave of empires volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Sal, a once talented mage, thrives in a wasteland scarred by generations of magical warfare. Here, caught between two powerful empires, is where rogue magicians go to disappear, disgraced soldiers go to make their fortunes, fanatic machinists impose their perverted order, and zealous witch hunters cleanse the impure wherever they can find them. But Sal was betrayed by those she trusted most and is now in captivity, stripped of her magic and awaiting...
64) Thrall
Author
Series
Legend of the fallen empire volume 1
Publisher
DSP Publications
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Legend of the Fallen Empire ... The old Empire has fallen, and humanity is losing the war against powerful vampires. Kaiden, once the pathetic town drunk, is now a thrall, a mindless servant driven only by bloodlust and his master's orders. But when his master orders Kaiden to kill a vampire hunter, Kaiden disobeys. Hunter Johann has spent years studying old lore and killing thralls, but he's never seen one like Kaiden, intelligent and capable of...
Author
Series
Hostage of empire novels volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Two queens, two concubines, six princes. Innumerable hidden agendas. Yala, lady-in-waiting to the princess of a vanquished kingdom, must navigate their captors' treacherous imperial court. The Emperor's palace -- full of ambitious royals, sly gossip, and unforeseen perils -- is perhaps the most dangerous place in Zhaon. A hostage for her conquered people's good behavior, the lady Komor Yala has only her wits and her hidden maiden's blade to protect...
Author
Series
Burnt empire saga volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In a world where demigods and demons walk among mortals, the Emperor of the vast Burnt Empire has died, leaving a turbulent realm without an emperor. Two young princes, Adri and Shvate, are in line to rule, but birthright does not guarantee inheritance: For any successor must sit upon the legendary Burning Throne and pass The Test of Fire. Imbued with dark sorceries, the throne is a crucible--one that incinerates the unworthy. Adri and Shvate pass...
67) Age of death
Author
Series
Legends of the First Empire volume 5
Publisher
Riyria Enterprises
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Winter blankets the land, and more than just hope has died. Prevented from invading the Fhrey homeland by the tower of Avempartha, the western army seeks a way across the Nidwalden River before the fane obtains the secret of dragons. As time runs out for both humanity and the mystic Suri, the only chance for the living rests with the dead. Having made their fateful choice, can a handful of misfits do the impossible, or are they forever lost to an...
68) Age of empyre
Author
Series
Legends of the First Empire volume 6
Publisher
Riyria Enterprises
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"After obtaining the secret to creating dragons, the leader of the Fhrey has turned the tide of war once more--but gaining the advantage has come at a terrible price. While Imaly plots to overthrow the fane for transgressions against his people, a mystic and a keeper are the only hope for the Rhunes. Time is short, and the future of both races hangs in the balance. In this exciting conclusion to the Legends of the First Empire series, the Great War...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Her father's mastery of bone shard magic has maintained law and order in the kingdom for many years, but with the threat of revolution, his daughter, who has been trapped in the palace, is determined to learn the secret of the magic to claim her birthright and save the kingdom.
Author
Series
Hostage of empire novels volume 2
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The princess is dead, and the drums of war beat again. The imperial schemes that took her life have reignited tensions with her native Khir, and left her lady-in-waiting, Komor Yala, alone among the treachery of a foreign court. As the Emperor lies upon his deathbed, the palace is more dangerous than ever before--for there are six princes, and only one throne. To survive, and get to the bottom of who ordered her princess dead, Yala will have to rely...
Author
Series
Grave of empires volume 2
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The second novel in an epic fantasy trilogy that follows an unforgettable outcast mage caught between two warring empires. Sal the Cacophony-outlaw, outcast, outnumbered-destroys all that she loves. Her lover lost and cities burned in her wake, all she has left is her magical gun and her all-consuming quest for revenge against those who stole her power and took the sky from her. When the roguish agent of a mysterious patron offers her the chance...
Author
Series
Reborn Empire volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In the midst of a burgeoning war, a warrior, an assassin, and a princess chase their own ambitions no matter the cost in Devin Madson's visceral, emotionally charged debut. War built the Kisian Empire. War will tear it down. Seventeen years after rebels stormed the streets, factions divide Kisia. Only the firm hand of the god-emperor holds the empire together. But when a shocking betrayal destroys a tense alliance with neighboring Chiltae, all that...
Author
Series
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Lin Sukai finally sits on the throne she won at so much cost, but her struggles are only just beginning. Her people don't trust her. Her political alliances are weak...Yet an even greater threat is on the horizon, for the Alanga, the powerful magicians of legend, have returned to the Empire. They claim they come in peace, and Lin will need their help in order to defeat the rebels and restore peace"--
Author
Series
Burnt empire saga volume 2
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Returning to Ashok K. Banker's brilliant #ownvoices, epic fantasy world of the Burnt Empire first introduced in Upon a Burning Throne, A Dark Queen Rises features Krushni and Karni, two women on quests to protect the innocent and bring down tyrants"--
Queen Aqreen of Aquila leaves her husband Jarsun and flees across the Red Desert. She is determined to keep her daughter from being used by Jarsun to stake his claim to the Burning Throne of Hastinaga,...
Author
Series
Empire of the vampire volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"From holy cup comes holy light; The faithful hands sets world aright. And in the Seven Martyrs' sight, Mere man shall end this endless night. It has been twenty-seven long years since the last sunrise. For nearly three decades, vampires have waged war against humanity; building their eternal empire even as they tear down our own. Now, only a few tiny sparks of light endure in a sea of darkness. Gabriel de León is a silversaint: a member of a holy...
76) Governor
Author
Series
Ascent to empire volume 1
Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"For more than fifty years, the Terran Republic and the Terran League have been killing one another. The death toll has climbed ever higher, year after year, with no end in sight. But the members of the Five Hundred, the social elite of the Republic's Heart Worlds, don't care. Their star systems are light-years from any threat of attack. Their children are sheltered from the "mandatory service" that falls so heavily on the Fringe Worlds' backs. Their...
77) Invisible sun
Author
Series
Empire Games volume 3
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The alternate timelines of Charles Stross' Empire Games trilogy have never been so entangled than in Invisible Sun-the techno-thriller follow up to Dark State-as stakes escalate in a conflict that could spell extermination for humanity across all known timelines. An inter-timeline coup d'état gone awry. A renegade British monarch on the run through the streets of Berlin. And robotic alien invaders from a distant timeline flood through a wormhole,...
Author
Series
Reborn Empire volume 2
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Into Kisia's conquered north, a Levanti empire is born. Loyal to the new emperor, Dishiva e'Jaroven must tread the line between building a new life and clinging to the old. But his next choice will challenge all she thinks she knows and everything she wants to believe. Now empress of nothing, Miko is more determined than ever to claim her empire, yet as her hunt for allies grows increasingly desperate, she may learn too late that power lies not in...
Author
Series
Hostage of empire novels volume 3
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A richly detailed epic of ambition, honor, and sacrifice, The Bloody Throne is the masterful conclusion to Hostage of Empire, a medieval East Asia-inspired epic fantasy trilogy"--
Author
Series
Echoes and empires volume 1
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Snarky seventeen-year-old Josslyn Drake gets infected by a dangerous piece of forbidden magic and teams up with wanted criminal Jericho Nox to remove the spell corrupting her soul.
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