The Empires Ruin, Brian Staveley
The Empires Ruin, Brian Staveley
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The Empire's Ruin

Author: Brian Staveley

Narrator: Moira Quirk, Joe Jameson, Oliver Cudbill

Unabridged: 35 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/06/2021

Synopsis

Brian Staveley, author of The Emperor's Blades, gives readers the first book in a new epic fantasy trilogy based in the world of his popular series the Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, The Empire's Ruin. Best of Summer 2021—PolygonThe Annurian Empire is disintegrating. The advantages it used for millennia have fallen to ruin. The ranks of the Kettral have been decimated from within, and the kenta gates, granting instantaneous travel across the vast lands of the empire, can no longer be used.In order to save the empire, one of the surviving Kettral must voyage beyond the edge of the known world through a land that warps and poisons all living things to find the nesting ground of the giant war hawks. Meanwhile, a monk turned con-artist may hold the secret to the kenta gates.But time is running out. Deep within the southern reaches of the empire and ancient god-like race has begun to stir.What they discover will change them and the Annurian Empire forever. If they can survive.

About Brian Staveley

Brian Staveley lives in rural Vermont. The Emperor's Blades is his first novel. bstaveley.wordpress.com/blog/

Reviews

Goodreads review by Petrik on January 30, 2022

I have a Booktube channel now! Subscribe here: [URL not allowed] ARC provided by the publishers—Tor Books & Tor UK—in exchange for an honest review. The Empire’s Ruin is a scintillating explosive epic fantasy with multiple legendary scenes that rivaled The Way of Kings. It’s been four y......more

Goodreads review by Books with Brittany on August 09, 2021

Freaking phenomenal.......more

Goodreads review by Niki Hawkes on September 16, 2021

I now have a Booktube channel! Find me at: The Obsessive Bookseller [4.5/5 stars] Ever finish an amazing series feeling like there should be more? Know the pure elation at discovering there actually will be more?! That’s how I felt when learning Staveley was continuing in the Annurian Empire. I left t......more

Goodreads review by Lukasz on April 14, 2021

The Empire’s Ruin opens a new chapter in the Unhewn Throne world’s history. It follows separate (but converging) plotlines for three characters, all (except one) known to Staveley’s fans. The story opens in the middle of the action and never slows down. The world is a mess, and the Annurian empire i......more

Goodreads review by Navessa on July 06, 2021

This was my most anticipated book of 2021 and somehow it still blew my expectations out of the water. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Staveley is a fantasy writer at the peak of his powers. Every time I read one of his books, I look back at all the others I’ve given five stars to lately an......more

Quotes

“Brian Staveley’s books are epic in every sense of the word. His characters are complex, his history deep, his plots rife with action and intrigue. He’s a giant in the genre, no doubt.” —Nicolas Eames, author of Kings of the Wyld“If you loved Brian Staveley's Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, then hang onto your war hawk, 'cause his new book, The Empire’s Ruin, returns to the world of the crumbling Annurian Empire in a spectacular way. Fans of Staveley's work, and those who enjoy epic fantasy outside the conventional mold, are going to unearth treasure.” —R.S. Belcher

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