Rebellion and ruin await in the gripping second installment of Evan Leikam's debut fantasy series, perfect for fans of Joe Abercrombie, R.F. Kuang, and Nicholas Eames.
The king is dead. She's still alive. The revolution is yet to come... The riveting adventure continues in the sequel to Evan Leikam's breakout fantasy debut Anji Kills a King.
Anji has survived a dozen different deaths. The king is dead, her family is dead, the fabled mercenaries of the Menagerie are dead—and she's still here, the price that was on her head now jingling as coins in her own pocket.
In the wake of her journey, the city she once called home has changed, and a revolution is brewing in a camp on the riverbank. A revolution Anji's new windfall was meant to fund, and still could if she can forgive them for being willing to throw her life away to do it. But building a bright new kingdom won't be as simple as cutting one king's throat... and in a city of dark alleys and desperate times, her path will take her to shadowy places she never could have expected.
The series
In a kingdom teetering on the edge of collapse, one quiet act of violence sends shockwaves through the realm—The Rising Tide begins not with a noble hero, but with a servant girl who kills her king.
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This dark fantasy series unfolds in a brutal, unflinching world where justice is murky and rebellion is dangerous currency. At its center is Anji, a low-born castle servant whose decision to assassinate a tyrant does not liberate a kingdom—it fractures it. Hunted by the Menagerie, a secretive order of bounty hunters who wear animal-shaped masks and wield magic like a weapon, Anji's path becomes a tense game of survival through forests of blood politics, ruined sanctuaries, and faith twisted into fanaticism.
What sets this series apart is not just its sharp-edged storytelling or immersive world-building, but its refusal to flinch from the cost of power. Addiction, grief, and fractured identity pulse through each character, grounding the epic in raw emotional truth. With a style that balances cinematic action with moments of aching intimacy, this is fantasy for readers who crave grit over glamor and consequence over comfort.
Blending the relentless momentum of grimdark with psychological depth, The Rising Tide offers a chilling yet captivating exploration of what happens after the throne falls—and who must answer for the fire that follows.
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