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The Drowning Empire

Embark on an epic fantasy journey set in a sprawling empire ruled by bone shard magic and upheld by constructs. As the emperor's decades-long reign begins to crumble, a revolution brews across the islands. Follow the daughter of the emperor as she vies for the throne, mastering forbidden arts and confronting dark secrets to reclaim her birthright and save her people from impending chaos.

The Bone Shard War
The Bone Shard Daughter

Recommended Reading Order

  1. The Bone Shard Daughter

    • 438 pages
    • 16 hours of reading

    The emperor's reign has lasted for decades, his mastery of bone shard magic powering the animal-like constructs that maintain law and order. But now his rule is failing, and revolution is sweeping across the Empire's many islands. Lin is the emperor's daughter and spends her days trapped in a palace of locked doors and dark secrets. When her father refuses to recognize her as heir to the throne, she vows to prove her worth by mastering the forbidden art of bone shard magic. Yet such power carries a great cost, and when the revolution reaches the gates of the palace, Lin must decide how far she is willing to go to claim her birthright--and save her people

    The Bone Shard Daughter1
    4.0
  2. The Bone Shard Daughter was hailed as "one of the best debut fantasy novels of the year," (BuzzFeed News). Now, Andrea Stewart brings us the final book in this unmissable, action-packed, magic-laced epic fantasy trilogy, The Bone Shard War. Empress Lin Sukai and the smuggler Jovis will have to confront the greatest threat to the empire yet in this explosive final book in The Drowning Empire trilogy.

    The Bone Shard War2
    4.1