Empress of the Fall Synopsis
Desperate for the next Game of Thrones? Pick up Empress of the Fall for your full-on fix of epic fantasy.
The Emperor is dead - long live the Empress!
Emperor Constant is dead and his rivals are scrabbling for power - but any misstep could plunge the land, already devastated by the shocking outcome of the Third Crusade, into a calamitous civil war.
The Imperial throne is not the only one in jeopardy. Two brothers, imprisoned veterans of the Crusades, finally return home to find their father's kingdom being plundered - but the price of regaining their birthright will have far-reaching implications for the entire empire.
In the East, Sultan Salim, peacemaker and visionary ruler, faces his greatest challenge as his people demand an invasion of the West in retribution for the Rondian Crusades
And lurking in the darkness, orchestrating both the power struggles and the inevitable conflicts, is a shadowy group threatening to destroy civilisation itself.
Once more, Urte stands on the brink of cataclysm.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781784290986 |
| Publication date: |
22nd February 2018 |
| Author: |
David Hair |
| Publisher: |
Jo Fletcher Books an imprint of Quercus Publishing |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
688 pages |
| Series: |
The Sunsurge Quartet |
| Primary Genre |
Fiction
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David Hair Press Reviews
'Hair is adept at building characters as well as worlds, and his attention to his female players is welcome in a genre that too often excludes them.' Kirkus Reviews
'I continue to be impressed by the way Hair takes some very familiar, almost trite, ideas and spins them in a new way. Epic fantasy is not dying my friends, it is just moving in new directions.' Fantasy Review Barn
'So epic, that it gets you so involved and is such an investment in time and emotion, that there is a little sting of regret that the ending had to come at all' British Fantasy Society on the Moontide Quartet
'Promises to recall epic fantasy's finest' Tor.com on the Moontide Quartet
'Vivid, dynamic characters and terrific world building ... Readers of epic fantasy should definitely check out this series' Bibliosanctum on the Moontide Quartet
'Represents modern epic fantasy at its best.' Fantasy Book Critic on the Moontide Quartet
About David Hair
David Hair is an award-winning writer of fantasy for adult and YA readers. He was born in New Zealand and travelled widely, and after spending time in Britain, then India, he now lives in Thailand with his wife. His epic fantasy sagas The Moontide Quartet and The Sunsurge Quartet, and his YA series The Return of Ravana, are published by Jo Fletcher Books.
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