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Grave Empire
the Sunday Times bestelling epic fantasy of gunpowder, arcane powers and dark prophecy (Book One of The Great Silence)
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Hachette Book Group Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: 6RP4R85
EAN: 9780356523880
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Beschreibung
The instant Sunday Times. bestseller. 'Dazzling and immersive epic fantasy'. Publishers Weekly. (starred review)'An absolute treat. crammed with imagination, horror, epic scale, and characters I simply could not put down'. Grimdark Magazine. ENTER A WORLD WHERE GUNPOWDER, ARCANE FORCES AND RUTHLESS AMBITION COLLIDEBlood once turned the wheels of empire. Now it is money. A new age of exploration and innovation has dawned, and the Empire of the Wolf stands to take its place as the foremost power in the known world. Glory and riches await. But dark days are coming. A mysterious plague has broken out in the pagan kingdoms to the north, while in the south, the Empire's proxy war in the lands of the wolfmen is weeks away from total collapse. Worse still is the message brought to the Empress by two heretic monks, who claim to have lost contact with the spirits of the afterlife. The monks believe this is the start of an ancient prophecy heralding the end of days-the Great Silence. It falls to Renata Rainer, a low-ranking ambassador to an enigmatic and vicious race of mermen, to seek answers from those who still practice the arcane arts. But with the road south beset by war and the Empire on the brink of supernatural catastrophe, soon there may not be a world left to save. Grave Empire. is the first novel in an unmissable new series from. Sunday Times. bestselling author Richard Swan - a dark flintlock fantasy filled with epic adventure, arcane powers and creeping dread. Praise for Richard Swan. 'A stunning piece of modern fantasy writing'. RJ Barker'Utterly compelling, thoroughly engrossing and written with skilful assurance'. Nicholas Eames'Richard Swan's sophisticated take on the fantasy genre will leave readers hungry for more'. Sebastien de Castell'Great characters, compelling and wonderfully written. A brilliant debut and fantastic start to the series'. James IslingtonBooks by Richard Swan. Empire of the Wolf The Justice of Kings. The Tyranny of Faith. The Trials of Empire. The Great SilenceGrave Empire. Steel Gods.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Swan Richard
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2025
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 560