The Mirror Empire: Worldbreaker Saga 1 (The Worldbreaker Saga)
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (555 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0857665561 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 544 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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And for readers new to her work, this is in many ways the best place to start. Readers will blaze through this opening instalment and eagerly await the promised sequel.”– Publishers Weekly“The Mirror Empire is an extraordinary novel. Book 2 can’t get here fast enough.”– Alasdair Stuart“Taking epic fantasy down challenging and original paths. This is a fresh, exciting fantasy epic that’s looking to the future a
A stunning new epic fantasy from two-time Hugo Award winner Kameron Hurley.On the eve of a recurring catastrophic event known to extinguish nations and reshape continents, a troubled orphan evades death and slavery to uncover her own bloody past while a world goes to war with itself. In the frozen kingdom of Saiduan, invaders from another realm are decimating whole cities, leaving behind nothing but ash and ruin. At the heart of this war lie the pacifistic Dhai people, once enslaved by the Saiduan and now courted by their former masters to provide aid against the enc
"Cast of thousands --- of dead people" according to H Waterhouse. SOME authors save the impossible slog toward a slightly-slower death for the middle of the series. Everyone understands the point of the Order of the Phoenix and The Empire Strikes Back. It has to get dark to make the triumph more delicious. Bold move, making the dark the first. "Great world-building, other aspects lacking" according to Patrick M. It took me two tries to read this book. The second was on audio, which worked better for me for this book.It's well-written and the world-building is remarkable, but I sometimes felt characters and story elements were in service of displaying the world-building.And there is a m. Edgy, pushes the boundaries of fantasy If there's one thing that can be said about Kameron Hurley, she is today's dominatrix spinner of yarns pushing the boundaries of genre fantasy. With The Mirror Empire (the debut book in her new Worldbreaker Saga series), she practically pokes out the eyes of the genre itself.I