Savage Crowns
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Publisher Description
The final installment in Hugo Award–winning author Matt Wallace’s epic and spellbinding Savage Rebellion trilogy about a utopian city with a dark secret—and the underdogs who will expose it, or die trying.
The final war for the nation of Crache has begun.
At the helm of the people’s rebellion is Evie, the Sparrow General. She has been captured by the Skrian, Crache’s vicious army, and is being brought back to the Capitol for punishment. But reinforcements are coming for her.
Dyeawan, who has climbed from street urchin to Crache’s highest seat of power through clever schemes and ruthless bloodshed, finds trouble on every front once she arrives. The rebellion approaches, and there are whispers of a martyr within the city who holds enough sway to stage a coup. If she doesn’t act quickly, her rule will be short-lived.
As the women who hold the nation’s future meet each other from different sides of the battlefield, will they be able to find a shared vision of Crache, or will they destroy each other first?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Hugo Award winner Wallace's conclusion to his epic fantasy Savage Rebellion trilogy (after Savage Bounty) is a mixed bag, neatly resolving multiple plotlines but relying on some hand-waving to get there. Readers return to Crache, an ostensible utopian nation, that's in reality a "dark and brutal" entity. Crache's secrets were discovered by a trio of capable and fearless women: Evie, a rebel army general; Dyeawan, who's taken over the cadre covertly controlling the country in hopes of changing it from within; and Lexi, who was killed while advocating for change. Now Evie finds her forces dealing with threats to their rebellion, even after the successful conquest of a major urban center, and Dyeawan makes a foolish move that could cause her death. The two women are on a collision course, which keeps the tension high, but Wallace doesn't make suspension of disbelief easy; illogical fight scenes—including one in which a character jumps atop a cage hanging from a chain without causing it to sway at all and another that hinges on a convenient deus ex machina—will take readers out of the narrative. Still, die-hard series fans will find this a satisfying conclusion.
