Genre: Fantasy
Published: April 18, 2023
Pages: 625
From the author of The Bone Shard Daughter comes the final book in the Drowning Empire series, as the fate of Lin Sukai—and her family’s dynasty—lay in her hands in this action-packed, magic-laced epic fantasy.
Lin Sukai has won her first victory as Emperor, but the future of the Phoenix Empire hangs in the balance – and Lin is dangerously short of allies.
As her own governors plot treason, the Shardless Few renew hostilities. Worse still, Lin discovers her old nemesis Nisong has joined forces with the rogue Alanga, Ragan. Both seek her death.
Yet hopes lies in history. Legend tells of seven mythic swords, forged in centuries past. If Lin can find them before her enemies, she may yet be able to turn the tide.
If she fails, the Sukai dynasty – and the entire empire – will fall.
Lin Sukai has won her first victory as Emperor, but the future of the Phoenix Empire hangs in the balance – and Lin is dangerously short of allies.
As her own governors plot treason, the Shardless Few renew hostilities. Worse still, Lin discovers her old nemesis Nisong has joined forces with the rogue Alanga, Ragan. Both seek her death.
Yet hopes lies in history. Legend tells of seven mythic swords, forged in centuries past. If Lin can find them before her enemies, she may yet be able to turn the tide.
If she fails, the Sukai dynasty – and the entire empire – will fall.
I received a copy of this audiobook through Netgalley. This is my honest review.
If this book looks interesting to you based on the cover (as it did for me), I strongly recommend not starting with it, as it's book three in a series. I wasn't really paying attention to that fact because the audiobook was available to listen now and the cover is just gorgeous. But once I got into the story, I was a little bit lost. There wasn't much background information given about the previous stories (so if you've read those already, you won't have to slog through stuff you already know), and I was definitely expected to already understand some things about bone shard magic it seems.
In spite of me having not read the previous books in the series, I was immediately sucked into this story. I wanted to know more about the political strife in the realm and how it would be resolved. I was also very curious about The Shardless Few. Even though I was definitely missing a lot of background information that would surely have helped me to understand the events of this story better, I feel like I did gain a rather good understanding of the main points of the world and those in it.
Overall I give The Bone Shard War 4.186 out of 5 stars. And I will definitely be looking into the first two books in the series at some point. - Katie
Andrea Stewart is the Chinese American daughter of immigrants, and was raised in a number of places across the United States. Her parents always emphasized science and education, so she spent her childhood immersed in Star Trek and odd-smelling library books. When her (admittedly ambitious) dreams of becoming a dragon slayer didn't pan out, she instead turned to writing books. She now lives in sunny California, and in addition to writing, can be found herding cats, looking at birds, and falling down research rabbit holes.
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