As doom descends on the enlightened city of Aranya, Priestess Ismena fights to keep her family and flock’s innocence. She knows not whether they will survive what is coming, but vows through this great test of faith to remain steadfast.
Denrik of the Silver Cloaks, on the other hand, is unafraid. Under the hallowed rule of his imperial masters, he knows that naught can befall the city and realm, even as the light of day is blotted out by the abomination in the sky.
Serena, daughter and heir to an ambitious family, is not nearly so staunch in her belief. For all her cynicism, though, even she cannot anticipate the hellish depths her kin might plunge to in the pursuit of survival.
Beneath the shadow of apocalypse, humanity faces its ultimate test. For when the gods are silent and the end is nigh, who can keep their faith on high?
From the #1 best selling and award winning author of The Tapestry of the Tarnished comes this prelude novella, set nearly 4,000 years prior to the events of The Winds of War.
HAVE THE GODS ABANDONED US?
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THESE THREADS ARE SOAKED IN BLOOD.
The Astaris Empire is fracturing, its realm flogged by war and fanaticism. Empress Seline and her Gold Council vie to maintain control, but what is control for a nation built on blood and lies?
In the east, the storied Rhaavi people cling to their independence, but as the ruinous First Legion of the Empire arrives at their walls, hope is decimated. Even so, Yuei, the dragonrider, and Rizu, the shadow guardian, will lay down their lives to protect their home. And Kirana, High Chieftainess of the Rhaavi, vows to lead her people through . . . no matter the cost.
Elsewhere, the prodigious Hatsun pursues an education at the fabled Great Library of the Awakened. But he quickly learns that curiosity is both a boon and a burden as his studies unveil cataclysmic secrets about the world that could change everything.
This book marks the first chapter of The Tapestry of the Tarnished. Here is a tale spanning the whole of the Ring: A circle of continents rife with war and unrest. A world colored by magics and mythical creatures. A place you will fear, yet not wish to leave.
George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire meets Steven Erikson’s The Malazan Book of the Fallen in this burgeoning epic fantasy saga.
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The nomadic people known as the Rhaavi are on the run . . . And the foe that bears down upon them is far more ruthless and powerful than they can hope to match.
Before long it seems that all is lost; that the Rhaavi are doomed to die. But the intertwining destinies of a young hero and heroine, as well as a chance encounter with a dragon, may yet offer a glimmer of hope.
Born In Fury is a story of failure and redemption, of tribulation and retribution, of grief and healing. It is the first foray into a world colored by fantastical creatures and stunning magics, and scarred by interminable warfare and political unrest.
A Prequel to The Tapestry of the Tarnished
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