Empire Ascendant: The Second Book in the Worldbreaker Saga Series

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A "completely original and inventive" epic fantasy set in a land of blood mages and sentiment plants, dark magic, and warfare on a scale that spans worlds (Locus) Loyalties are tested when worlds collide... Every two thousand years, the dark star Oma appears in the sky, bringing with it a tide of death and destruction. And those who survive must contend with friends and enemies newly imbued with violent powers.The kingdom of Saiduan already lies in ruin, decimated by invaders from another world who share the faces of those they seek to destroy. Now the nation of Dhai is under siege by the same force. Their only hope for survival lies in the hands of an illegitimate ruler and a scullery maid with a powerful-but unpredictable-magic.As the foreign Empire spreads across the world like a disease, one of their former allies takes up her Empress's sword again to unseat them, and two enslaved scholars begin a treacherous journey home with a long-lost secret that they hope is the key to the Empire's undoing. But when the enemy shares your own face, who can be trusted As the convergence between the two worlds strengthens, alliances are made and broken, magic and mayhem abound-and before it's all done, at least one world will be shattered and broken.

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Empire Ascendantis a masterful addition to the epic fantasy genre.
Recommended for fans ofGame of ThronesandThe Emperors Blades. Intricate, unforgiving, and fascinating.
"Empire Ascendantis not just a very good fantasy novel, but a great one and one very highly recommended.
"Everything about it is better, greater,granderthan what camebefore.
"If you love digging deep into worlds and relationships among divergent people, as well as exploring what makes people tick, then I think youll really like this series.
Its epic in the truest sense ofthe world, and fantastic in a completely originaland inventive way."
"Kameron HurleysWorldbreaker Sagablends science fiction and fantasy elements together in exciting and innovative ways"

Author Bio

Kameron Hurley is an award-winning author and advertising copywriter. Hurley grew up in Washington State, and has lived in Fairbanks, Alaska; Durban, South Africa; and Chicago. She has a degree in historical studies from the University of Alaska and a Master's in History from theUniversity of Kwa-Zulu Natal, specializing in the history of South African resistance movements. Her essay on the history of women in conflict"We Have Always Fought"was the first blog post towin aHugo Award. It was also nominated for Best Non-Fiction work by the British Fantasy Society. Hurley is the author ofGod's War,Infidel,andRapture,a science-fantasy noir series which earned her the Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer and the Kitschy Award for Best Debut Novel. Her latest novel,The Mirror Empireis published by Angry Robot Books. and the sequel,Empire Ascendant,will be out in October 2015. Her first space opera,The Stars are Legion,will be published from Simon and Schuster's Saga imprint in fall of 2016. She has won the Hugo Award twice, andbeen a finalist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, Nebula Award, the Locus Award and the BSFA Award for Best Novel. Additionally, her work has been included on the Tiptree Award Honor List and been long-listed for the Gemmell Morningstar Award. Hurley's short fiction has appeared in magazines such asLightspeed,EscapePod, andStrange Horizons, and anthologies such asThe Lowest Heaven,The Mammoth Book ofSF Stories by Women,Year's Best SFand the upcomingMeeting Infinity.Her workhas been translated into Romanian, Swedish, German, Hebrew, Chinese, Spanish and Russian. She is also a graduate ofClarion West,and writes regular columns forLocus Magazine. In addition to her writing, Hurley has been a Stollee guest lecturer at Buena Vista University and taught copywriting at the School of Advertising Art. Hurley currently lives in Ohio, where she's cultivating an urban homestead.