The Nine Realms · #3 / 4
A Broken Queen
Sarah Kozloff, author of Queen of Raiders, continues her breathtaking and cinematic epic fantasy series The Nine Realms with book three, A Broken Queen, and all four books will be published within a month of each other, so you can binge your favorite new fantasy series.
Time can heal all wounds, but not all wounds are visible.
Barely surviving her ordeal in Oromondo and scarred by its Fire Spirit, Cerulia is taken to a recovery house in Wyeland to heal from the trauma. In a ward with others who are all bound to serve each other, she discoversthat not all scars are visible, and dying can be done with grace and acceptance.
While she would like to stay in this place of healing, will she ever be able to the peace she has found to re-take the throne?
The series
A debut novelist, Kozloff moves into epic fantasy with an ambitious 4-volume series displaying her cinematic imagination. Elements borrowed from Akira Kurosawa, Ridley Scott, westerns, and musicals combine in a layered and immersive fantasy.
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The Nine Realms cuts from scenes of intimate home life to high pageantry, from battles of wits around a council table to full-scale war on land and sea. The major characters range from shepherds and nursemaids to generals and nobility, each etched with detail and compassion. Magic flows from Spirits that protect natural elements and favor avatars and objects with special abilities.
Throughout a deft interweaving of multiple stories, the main thread follows young Cerúlia’s development, not into some invincible warrior but into a strong ruler, who learns humility, leadership, compassion, selflessness... and the necessary touch of ruthlessness.
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