Waiting on Wednesday – Sins of Empire by Brian McClellan

Waiting on Wednesday is a meme hosted by Breaking the Spine to let us share our excitement for books coming out soon.

I really enjoyed the Powder Mage trilogy, so am excited to get back to McClellan’s world. I am also excited to see it sounds like this one may have a couple of strong female characters!

Sins of Empire (Gods of Blood and Powder, #1) by Brian McClellan
Also by this author: Promise of Blood, The Crimson Campaign
Published by Orbit on March 7th 2017
Pages: 560

   

An epic new fantasy series from Brian McClellan, set in the same world as his wildly popular Powder Mage trilogy.

The young nation of Fatrasta is a turbulent place – a frontier destination for criminals, fortune-hunters, brave settlers, and sorcerers seeking relics of the past. Only the iron will of the lady chancellor and her secret police holds the capital city of Landfall together against the unrest of a suppressed population and the machinations of powerful empires.

The insurrection that threatens Landfall must be purged with wile and force, a task which falls on the shoulders of a spy named Michel Bravis, convicted war hero Ben Styke, and Lady Vlora Flint, a mercenary general with a past as turbulent as Landfall’s present.

As loyalties are tested, revealed, and destroyed, a grim specter as old as time has been unearthed in this wild land, and the people of Landfall will soon discover that rebellion is the least of their worries.