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Wrath of Empire
688 pages
A gritty, gunpowder-fueled race against time through a war-torn landscape.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like being thrust into the chaotic, smoke-filled front lines of a sprawling military campaign. The pace is propulsive, driven by a desperate race for god-making artifacts and the urgent flight of refugees across a war-torn country. It carries a gritty, tense tone, balancing the sheer epic scale of high fantasy with the mud-and-blood reality of military action and adventure. The mood is tumultuous and desperate, steeped in the constant threat of battle and the uneasy alliances forged in occupied cities. Written with an action-oriented, cinematic flair that highlights its unique blend of magic and gunpowder, this is a perfect fit for readers who crave explosive flintlock fantasy and high-stakes, multi-front warfare.
- Mood
- war-torn
- desperate
- action-packed
- tumultuous
- Tone
- urgent
- gritty
- epic
- tense
- Pace
- propulsive
- Themes
- the cost of war · desperate alliances · the pursuit of power · survival amidst chaos
- The writing
- Action-oriented and cinematic, blending military grit with explosive, gunpowder-fueled magical elements.
- The arc
- Moves from desperate flight and chaotic survival toward a tense, high-stakes collision of military and magical forces.
- Who it's for
- Fans of flintlock fantasy who crave sprawling military campaigns, high-stakes artifact hunts, and gritty action.
Content notes
- warfare
- refugee crisis
- military violence
About the book
As war rages, both sides are in a race to find the one thing that could turn the tides to their favor--a stone with the power to turn humans into gods--in the second book of Brian McClellan's epic fantasy tale of magic and gunpowder.
The country is in turmoil. With the capital city occupied, half a million refugees are on the march, looking for safety on the frontier, accompanied by Lady Flint's soldiers. But escaping war is never easy, and soon the battle may find them, whether they are prepared or not.
Back in the capital, Michel Bravis smuggles even more refugees out of the city. But internal forces are working against him. With enemies on all sides, Michel may be forced to find help with the very occupiers he's trying to undermine.
Meanwhile, Ben Styke is building his own army. He and his mad lancers are gathering every able body they can find and searching for an ancient artifact that may have the power to turn the tides of war in their favor. But what they find may not be what they're looking for.
Continue with the second book of the pistol-packing Gods of Blood and Powder fantasy series!
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