Empire's Legacy - Season Pass
by Marian L. Thorpe
Special Edition with digital extras!
A country on the brink of defeat. A woman who answers a call to arms. A man to challenge an Empire.
Fantasy
Season Pass includes all 7 ebooks in the Empire's Legacy series
£25.00
£34.93
An empire on the edge of history
For centuries, women used weapons to kill for food, men to kill in war. Now Lena must break with tradition to save those she loves, but as she steps from her settled world into one of battle, intrigue and politics, her lover chooses banishment.
Lonely and afraid, each decision Lena makes brings more terrible consequences, until even her own people turn against her. Her partner in exile, the enigmatic diplomat Cillian, has no survival skills. Lena’s quick wit and prowess with knife and bow keeps them alive as they search for a lost Empire of immense and ancient power.
But how much will Lena sacrifice for a hopeless cause before the price is just too great?
Neither magical fantasy nor historical fiction, but a unique world both familiar and unfamiliar - an empire on the edge of history.
Reviews
There were times when I almost hated it when the pace picked up. Times when I wanted the story to stay quiet and slow, just to learn and live, to watch the characters learn and live, for life to continue as it was. I’m not saying this was a good thing or a bad thing. In many ways, it was a sign of the fact the books did give that, which I really like. I really enjoy those moments where it’s just life, with the quarrels and friction of different people from different (or not-so-different) backgrounds in daily life, working or learning. And, in a lot of ways, the story was evocative of life, and the feeling of life in such moments, and when they are disturbed.
Enthralled By Love
Full review may contain spoilers
Finally, I can’t emphasize enough that Thorpe knows how to continuously raise the stakes of conflicts, both internal and external, as she constantly expands and contracts the plot throughout the story. And every conflict pays off, in curious, intriguing, thoughtfully thematic ways.
I highly recommend Empire’s Daughter. Any reader will find something to enjoy in this novel.
tavenorcd
With a seemingly simple starting point, Thorpe is able to create a complex, nuanced beginning to a series that relies on few tropes, yet teems with familiarity of the human experience.
...I found this a refreshing novel, where every twist and turn was unexpected. It’s definitely not your ‘typical’ fantasy or historical fiction book, which I count in it’s favor.
Rue Sparks
This book…! Now this book is just something special…
This book gives a reader so much more than just one idea, one plot, one theme around strong women. This book will have you witness an Empire’s current, past and future affairs with its history literally changing before your eyes. It was absolutely fantastic!
The Book Review Directory
This is easily one of the most intriguing books I’ve read all year.
...the story focuses on what would happen in a small fishing village where very old traditions are suddenly overturned by the threat of invasion and what real people would do in response to such a crisis.
Lena is forced to consider the nature of government, ethics, warfare, violence, sexuality, intimacy, and betrayal, and each weighty concept is given it’s proper due.
Andrea Lundgren
The Empire's Legacy series
A country on the brink of defeat. A woman who answers a call to arms. A man to challenge an Empire.
Empire's Daughter
Book 1 of 7
An Emperor's request. A lover's refusal. And a young woman who must choose between them. Every journey begins with a choice.
Empire's Hostage
Book 2 of 7
A task she cannot refuse. A land that holds secrets. And a man Lena doesn't know if she can trust.
Empire's Exile
Book 3 of 7
A task she cannot refuse. A land that holds secrets. And a man Lena doesn't know if she can trust.
Oraiáphon
Book 4 of 7
Can a musician heal, when a physician cannot? Can Sorley's music convince the gods to spare a life – and if so, at what cost?
Empire's Reckoning
Book 5 of 7
How many secrets does your family have? And how high the price of peace?
Empress & Soldier
Book 7 of 7
Druisius, the son of a merchant, is sixteen when an order from his father that he can neither forgive nor forget drives him from home and into the danger and intrigue of the military.
Empire's Legacy - Season Pass
All 7 books in the Empire's Legacy series
A country on the brink of defeat. A woman who answers a call to arms. A man to challenge an Empire.
News about Empire's Legacy - Season Pass
Welcome our massive new historical fantasy series, Empire's Legacy!
Marian L. Thorpe's epic 7-book award-winning historical fantasy comes to Scarlet Ferret, with stunning extras and a huge Season Pass saving!
Marian L. Thorpe
After two careers as a research scientist and an educator, Marian decided it was time to do what she'd always really wanted, and be a writer.
As well as her novels, Marian has published short stories and poetry. Her life-long interest in Roman and post-Roman European history provided the inspiration for her books, while other interests in landscape archaeology and birding provide the background.
