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Queen of Embers by Astridhe
Queen of Embers
Astridhe
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  • Parts 35
They say the gods are dead, but the truth is that some things are not so easily escaped. The greatest war of its age has burned itself out, leaving its heroes to find a life among the ashes. For some, its end means a return to an old world and old wounds. But the flames of revenge and hatred sparked more than a decade before have chilled to embers under the touch of something ancient, something evil. Beneath the sign of the white wolf, a darkness once thought buried in the hearts of men is walking the earth, and its eyes are fixed on the woman who once had a heart of fire. Fate is stirring and Death herself cannot stop it, but that is why she has a champion. **Sequel to Heart of Flame**
The End of Days by Astridhe
The End of Days
Astridhe
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  • Parts 4
The world is a place where the manipulation of the universe is known to every living soul, where reality itself can be shaped with a touch of a finger, where time itself flows as desired and space can be woven like thread, where other realities are only a step away. The unbridled creation in a world where people may do as they please, however, is not enough to satisfy the mechanist Cassandra, a woman who delves into artifice and would create order out of chaos. But for all their power, the pride of her people and the knowledge she unlocks will spell the very thing no one can imagine: the end of days.
Heart of Flame by Astridhe
Heart of Flame
Astridhe
  • Reads 28,185
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  • Parts 34
Now published, links to all ebook vendors here = https://books2read.com/u/31Re7a Everyone knows that rebellion ends in fire. Dissatisfied with her life, Sorne finds an escape in the training offered by an orc locked away in the depths of Mauléon's dungeons. But Duke Aldana's punishment for an act of silence sparks a flame that cannot be contained. With a darkness growing in the west and answers to be found in the north, Sorne must leave everything she has ever known to become someone who can help shape the course of history. Companion to The Lady Penitent and The Desolate Throne.
The Man Who Would (Rather Not) Be Savior by JasonWaters7
The Man Who Would (Rather Not) Be Savior
JasonWaters7
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  • Parts 1
A Rolling Stones-style interview with the man who saves the world.
The Mournful King by Astridhe
The Mournful King
Astridhe
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  • Parts 24
"We are only as sick as our secrets." As the embers of strife settle, the Silent is used to his life as a menial laborer, drifting from town to town. He carries a dark secret: the leash of a demon around his soul that remains no matter how far he runs. Suffering under the thumb of the elder fiend Gader'el and his dark master, the Silent has resigned himself to a life of torment and servitude. But when the brand burns and the malevolent whispers begin to fill his mind at a chance encounter, his fate is inexorably bound to that of a strange western woman who has come to settle a debt and finish what was begun in the ashes of the First World.
Warbreaker by Brandon_Sanderson
Warbreaker
Brandon_Sanderson
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  • Parts 64
After bursting onto the fantasy scene with his acclaimed debut novel, Elantris, and following up with his blockbuster Mistborn trilogy, Brandon Sanderson proves again that he is today’s leading master of what Tolkien called “secondary creation,” the invention of whole worlds, complete with magics and myths all their own. Warbreaker is the story of two sisters, who happen to be princesses, the God King one of them has to marry, the lesser god who doesn’t like his job, and the immortal who’s still trying to undo the mistakes he made hundreds of years ago. Their world is one in which those who die in glory return as gods to live confined to a pantheon in Hallandren’s capital city and where a power known as BioChromatic magic is based on an essence known as breath that can only be collected one unit at a time from individual people. By using breath and drawing upon the color in everyday objects, all manner of miracles and mischief can be accomplished. It will take considerable quantities of each to resolve all the challenges facing Vivenna and Siri, princesses of Idris; Susebron the God King; Lightsong, reluctant god of bravery, and mysterious Vasher, the Warbreaker.
The Divine's Fragments by Astridhe
The Divine's Fragments
Astridhe
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  • Parts 3
**Contains an abundance spoilers (for The Lady Penitent, The Desolate Throne, The Kindly One, and the Mournful King)** Brief views into the life of characters in Arcem Caeli after the Great War. A divine entity, a former queen, a great warrior, a young sorceress, and demons all live their lives far from the eastern kingdoms of men.
The Kindly One by Astridhe
The Kindly One
Astridhe
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  • Parts 26
(Posting to RoyalRoad) Iona of Tamaris is a half-elf caught between worlds. Born a bastard child with the curse of an ancient magic, she has always lived a life with secrets weighing her heart down like a stone. The price of discovery? Death. When two unwelcome visitors arrive in Yssa's royal court, however, her life is changed forever. The answer to all of her problems, it seems, lie in Zaeylael, the City of Splinters. But danger lurks around every corner even in a place where mages can walk freely under the sun and too many smiles are only masks hiding wicked plots. **Contains spoilers for The Lady Penitent and The Desolate Throne**
The Desolate Throne by Astridhe
The Desolate Throne
Astridhe
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  • Parts 20
There is something wicked in the air. Legions move, demons plot, and the world shakes on its foundations. No living thing is safe as the flames that scorched the Wild Reach move ever closer and closer to the realms of men. The Princes of Iron seek one thing above all other things, an artifact without equal from a long forgotten age: the Desolate Throne. The only thing between them and the conquest they desire is a fragile alliance, a few staunch companions, and the Lady Penitent. One way or another, the world as it was known is ending. Sequel to The Lady Penitent.
The Lady Penitent by Astridhe
The Lady Penitent
Astridhe
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  • Parts 28
"It is an army of one purpose: the destruction of the world of men." It has been a thousand years since the Revealing and the shattered world remains as bitterly divided as ever. Magic, rare and dangerous, rules the battlefield alongside knights in armor. Demons of a forgotten age hunt the darkness. Dragons and monsters stalk the wilderness. In the west, an ancient evil stirs and only a few stand between the world and the brink. At the center of the storm is the Lady Penitent, Holland Cea Trădată, a former servant of the demon lords now caught between a love she can never have and the echoes of an ancient prophecy. More sorcery than woman, she can feel the call of demons in her half-hollow heart. The lines blur, loyalties war, and the whispers of the Deceiver threaten to corrupt her soul...