Empire Ascendant
  • Published: 21 November 2018
  • ISBN: 9780857665652
  • Imprint: Angry Robot
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 544
  • RRP: $35.00
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Empire Ascendant

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Paperback
21 Nov 2018
Paperback
21 Nov 2018
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The Mass Market edition of the ambitious sequel to the critically-acclaimed epic fantasy The Mirror Empire, from multiple award-winning author Kameron Hurley.

A “completely original and inventive” epic fantasy set in a land of blood mages and sentiment plants, dark magic, and warfare on a scale that spans worlds (Locus)

Loyalties are tested when worlds collide…
 
Every two thousand years, the dark star Oma appears in the sky, bringing with it a tide of death and destruction. And those who survive must contend with friends and enemies newly imbued with violent powers. The kingdom of Saiduan already lies in ruin, decimated by invaders from another world who share the faces of those they seek to destroy.

Now the nation of Dhai is under siege by the same force. Their only hope for survival lies in the hands of an illegitimate ruler and a scullery maid with a powerful—but unpredictable—magic. As the foreign Empire spreads across the world like a disease, one of their former allies takes up her Empress’s sword again to unseat them, and two enslaved scholars begin a treacherous journey home with a long-lost secret that they hope is the key to the Empire’s undoing.

But when the enemy shares your own face, who can be trusted?

As the convergence between the two worlds strengthens, alliances are made and broken, magic and mayhem abound—and before it’s all done, at least one world will be shattered and broken.
  • Published: 21 November 2018
  • ISBN: 9780857665652
  • Imprint: Angry Robot
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 544
  • RRP: $35.00
Categories:

Also by Kameron Hurley

The Broken Heavens
The Light Brigade
The Mirror Empire
The Stars Are Legion
Rapture
Infidel
God's War
See all

Praise for Empire Ascendant

Praise for the Worldbreaker Saga:

"Hurley reuses old tropes to excellent effect, interweaving them with original elements to create a world that will fascinate and delight her established fans and appeal to newcomers. Readers will blaze through this opening installment and eagerly await the promised sequel."
- Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

"This is a hugely ambitious work, bloody and violent, with interestingly gender-flipped politics and a host of factions to keep straight, as points of view switch often. Although it is a challenging read, the strong narrative thread in this new series from Hurley (God's War) pulls readers through the imaginative tangle of multiple worlds and histories colliding."
- Library Journal (Starred Review)

"It's epic in the truest sense of the world, and fantastic in a completely original and inventive way...I read all 400-odd pages in about 12 hours, ignoring all else. My guess is you will too."
- Ysabeau Wilce for Locus

"Kameron Hurley warned us all on twitter that Terrible Things would befall the characters introduced in The Mirror Empire, and she did not lie. But she also didn't give the whole truth. Empire Ascendant is a deeply complicated book. Yes, it is dark and brutal. But it is also almost bizarrely hopeful."
- B R Sanders, Clatter and Clank

"Empire Ascendant is a masterful addition to the epic fantasy genre."
- Borrowed Worlds

"Hurley is clearly genius."
- Joe's Geek Fest

"Recommended for fans of Game of Thrones and The Emperor's Blades. Intricate, unforgiving, and fascinating."
- Libromancer's Apprentice

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