A War in Crimson Embers
Book Three of the Crimson Empire
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4.3 • 13 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
FIVE HEROES. NO HOPE. A WAR AGAINST DEVILS.
Once a warrior queen, now a pariah among her own people, Cold Zosia wakes in the ashes of a burning city. Her vengeance has brought her to this - her heroic reputation in tatters, her allies scattered far and wide and her world on the cusp of ruin.
General Ji-Hyeon has vanished into the legendary First Dark, leaving Sullen alone to carry out the grim commands of a dead goddess. The barbarian Maroto is held captive by a demonic army hell-bent on the extermination of the Crimson Empire, and only his protégé Purna believes he can be saved.
Zosia must rally her comrades and old enemies one last time for a battle that will prove the greatest of her many legends . . . if anyone lives to tell of it.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Marshall concludes his Crimson Empire fantasy trilogy with more of the mayhem and magical chaos that readers enjoyed in the first two books. The now-aged "baddest of the bad," war leader Cold Zosia, won a legendary battle but then failed miserably as queen. She keeps jumping back into trouble: first to save the new queen, Indsorith, who once tried to kill her, and then to save her world from being overrun by hordes of demons and other evils. All she has to do is escape a death sentence, find her scattered friends, and resolve to go down fighting if the world ends. Ragged, sharp edged, and expansively flawed Zosia is still the center of the story, but Marshall broadens the story and gives her far-flung friends and enemies more depth and time in the spotlight. The heroes and villains now face brutal extremities, including literal hells, that flay them open and expose every bit of bravery and evil within them; these personal developments are as cataclysmic as the epic final battle. This is a must-read for fans of Marshall and the Crimson Empire's antiheroes.
Customer Reviews
Such a disappointment.
So many useless words to wade through for such little forward movement. A sad finish to an interesting trilogy, just so terribly boring!