Blade of Empire: Book Two of the Dragon Prophecy

Mercedes Lackey · James Mallory

Oct 2017 · Sold by Tor Books

About this ebook

FROM THE AUTHORS OF NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERS WHEN DARKNESS FALLS AND THE PHOENIX TRANSFORMED, AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER TO LIGHT A CANDLE

They thought the war was over. They were wrong.

Runacarendalur Caerthalien has been a master of battle for hundreds of years, but he found himself on the wrong side—the losing side—in the last war. Betrayed by his brother, trapped in a prophecy he does not understand, Runacar flees the battlefield.

Yet Runacar is no coward. In a twist he could never have imagined, the Elven War-Prince finds himself leading a new army into battle—a force of centaurs, merfolk, gryphons, minotaurs, and talking bears who can perform magic. For centuries they have been trying to reclaim their lands from Elven invaders. With Runacar at the helm, they just might manage it.

Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory’s first collaboration, the Obsidian Mountain trilogy, introduced readers to a brilliant, continent-spanning fantasy world of high adventure and epic battle. Civilization shimmered with magic while in the nooks and crannies of the world, dragons and unicorns hid from people who believed them to be nothing more than legends.

The Dragon Prophecy, set thousands of years before that story, illuminates a time when long-lived Elves rule the Fortunate Lands. It is a time of dire prophecy, of battle and bloodshed, of great magics unlike any the Elvenkind have seen before. It is the story of the end of one world and the beginning of the next.

The Obsidian Mountain Trilogy
#1 The Outstretched Shadow
#2 To Light a Candle
#3 When Darkness Falls

The Enduring Flame Trilogy
#1 The Phoenix Unchained
#2 The Phoenix Endangered
#3 The Phoenix Transformed

The Dragon Prophecy Trilogy
#1 Crown of Vengeance
#2 Blade of Empire

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Ratings and reviews

A well written continuation of the Dragon Prophecy Trilogy. I've read all the Mallory/Lackey books, and unlike The Enduring Flame series (which I found to be exhausting), Blade of Empire falls back to the Obsidian Mountain series, where each chapter gives you just enough information to want to read the next chapter...and you finish the book in a day or so. If I had just one complaint, I would say the length of the book leaves me wanting. I feel like more history of the world could have been included, and I understand that the history is literally part of the story in this case, but I fear that the next book will either be all history [of the world] and unexplained story, or all story [of the Dragon Prophecy] and not enough history. It is my hope that Mallory and Lackey can combine both and just make a long, exciting story with Tolkien level involvement with the history of this vast world.

Gospal

About the author

Together, MERCEDES LACKEY and JAMES MALLORY have written the New York Times bestseller The Phoenix Transformed; To Light a Candle, a USA Today bestseller; and When Darkness Falls, a New York Times bestseller, as well as Crown of Vengeance and other novels. Lackey lives in Oklahoma. Mallory lives in Maryland.