Crimson Reign
(Sprache: Englisch)
For fans of Children of Blood and Bone and Six of Crows comes the thrilling conclusion to the Blood Heir trilogy. A princess with a dark secret must ally with a con man to liberate her empire from a reign of terror in this epic fantasy retelling of the...
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For fans of Children of Blood and Bone and Six of Crows comes the thrilling conclusion to the Blood Heir trilogy. A princess with a dark secret must ally with a con man to liberate her empire from a reign of terror in this epic fantasy retelling of the Anastasia story.The Red Tigress, Ana Mikhailov, has returned to Cyrilia, but the country she once called home has fallen under a dark rule. Across the land, the Empress Morganya is tightening her grip on Affinites and non-Affinites alike. Ana dealt a blow to the Empress when she and her allies turned back Morganya's troops in Bregon, but she couldn't stop Morganya from gaining possession of the last remaining Bregonian siphon: a dangerous new weapon with the power to steal Affinities.
Ana's forces are scattered, and her tenuous alliance with the Cyrilian rebel group, the Red Cloaks, is becoming more frayed by the day. What's worse, she's lost her Affinity to blood and without it, Ana barely knows who she is anymore--or if she has the strength to defeat Morganya.
Morganya's reign of terror is close to crushing the nation Ana was born to rule. And now Ana will finally face the sinister empress, but will she survive? Will anyone? And will her Empire welcome her back to the throne, or turn her out to survive on her own.
The Affinites and Non-Affinites of Cyrilia will determine Ana's future, if Morganya doesn't kill her first.
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1The Cyrilian Empire
The moon was red tonight and the ocean looked like blood, glistening a deep, clear crimson. Anastacya Mikhailov leaned over the railing of her ship and breathed in the sharp, ice-tinted scent of her empire.
Throughout their journey over the past fortnight, she had watched the waters shift from the lovely cobalt blue of Bregon s coastal shore to the pale, vicious waves of Cyrilia. The humid ocean air of the south had turned stark and dry as they traveled north, the wind whipping at their sails.
The Cyrilian Empire was carved of ice and snow, and she its daughter, born and raised.
An hour till we make land, came a voice.
Ana turned. Daya of Kusutri strode toward her. She d donned a thick fur cloak over her Bregonian tunic and leather shoes as they journeyed north and the weather grew colder. Her captain s pin flashed, and tonight, even Daya s easy grin was absent in the place of sobriety as she sidled up and leaned against the railing by Ana s side.
Crew s up and ready for . . . well, whatever we find out there, Daya finished, tipping her head forward in a grim gesture.
Whatever we find out there. Ana gripped the railing, her jaw tightening as she gazed unflinchingly ahead.
It had been over a moon since she d been forced to flee her empire, abandoning her people to a scene of slaughter--all in search of a deadly weapon that, if obtained by Morganya, would cause the demise of not only Cyrilia but the entire world. The siphons enabled its bearer to steal powers from Affinites and had been part of a larger, decades-long plan by Alaric Kerlan and the Bregonian government to further exploit Affinites. Morganya, of course, had sought out the siphons to gain power for herself.
There s only one person we re searching for, Ana said quietly.
You think she s out there? Daya murmured, nodding in the direction of the shores.
Their quarry: Sorsha
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Farrald, Ramson s half sister and former Lieutenant of the Blue Fort. The girl who had betrayed her own army and kingdom from the inside on a quest for revenge and destruction.
The girl who had stolen both siphons.
Sorsha had used one siphon to steal Ana s blood Affinity for herself, storing it and channeling it at will in the searock band that she wore on her wrist. The other, she d sworn to bring to Morganya before she d disappeared.
It sickened Ana to know that her power would be used by a girl obsessed with wrath and ruin--and it was only the first example of the devastation the siphons would unleash upon the world. The exploitation of Affinites would continue at the hands of humanity. The wheel of power and powerless, oppressor and oppressed, would continue to spin.
Unless Ana found the siphons and overthrew Morganya s reign of terror.
Her eyes narrowed a fraction. I know she s out there, Ana replied. We just have to find her before Morganya--
A fit of coughs overtook her and she lurched over the railing, feeling, not for the first time, that there was something inside her that was wrong, an emptiness that was scraping her raw.
She felt Daya s hands on her shoulders, steadying her. Feeling all right? A pause, then: Have you eaten today?
Over the past two weeks aboard Daya s Stormbringer, Ana s appetite had diminished--something she had blamed on seasickness. But the insomnia, the bouts of dizziness, and the coughing fits--it was clear to anybody who paid attention that those were side effects of something much deeper.
The effect of having one s Affinity torn from them.
She d heard stories from her friend and ally, Linn, who d witnessed it firsthand in the Bregonian research dungeons they d broken
The girl who had stolen both siphons.
Sorsha had used one siphon to steal Ana s blood Affinity for herself, storing it and channeling it at will in the searock band that she wore on her wrist. The other, she d sworn to bring to Morganya before she d disappeared.
It sickened Ana to know that her power would be used by a girl obsessed with wrath and ruin--and it was only the first example of the devastation the siphons would unleash upon the world. The exploitation of Affinites would continue at the hands of humanity. The wheel of power and powerless, oppressor and oppressed, would continue to spin.
Unless Ana found the siphons and overthrew Morganya s reign of terror.
Her eyes narrowed a fraction. I know she s out there, Ana replied. We just have to find her before Morganya--
A fit of coughs overtook her and she lurched over the railing, feeling, not for the first time, that there was something inside her that was wrong, an emptiness that was scraping her raw.
She felt Daya s hands on her shoulders, steadying her. Feeling all right? A pause, then: Have you eaten today?
Over the past two weeks aboard Daya s Stormbringer, Ana s appetite had diminished--something she had blamed on seasickness. But the insomnia, the bouts of dizziness, and the coughing fits--it was clear to anybody who paid attention that those were side effects of something much deeper.
The effect of having one s Affinity torn from them.
She d heard stories from her friend and ally, Linn, who d witnessed it firsthand in the Bregonian research dungeons they d broken
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Autoren-Porträt von Amélie Wen Zhao
Amélie Wen Zhao was born in Paris and grew up in Beijing in an international community. Her multicultural upbringing instilled in her a deep love of global affairs and cross-cultural perspectives. She seeks to bring this passion to her stories, crafting characters from kingdoms in different corners of the world. She attended college in New York City, where she now lives. Amélie is the author of the Blood Heir trilogy Blood Heir, Red Tigress, and Crimson Reign.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Amélie Wen Zhao
- Altersempfehlung: Ab 14 Jahre
- 2022, Internationale Ausgabe, 496 Seiten, Maße: 13,8 x 20,9 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Delacorte Press
- ISBN-10: 0593487044
- ISBN-13: 9780593487044
- Erscheinungsdatum: 28.02.2022
Sprache:
Englisch
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