Sun Burns

A power out of control. A Pillar in the hands of a Priestess. A deadly desert burning with heat.

Sun Snake's life is coming to its sacrificial end. His best friend is already gone, and he's ready to join Moon in death. When his Power goes rogue as the knives come out, Sun literally falls into a new life fraught with danger.

Scared and lonely, Sun struggles to control the fire that bursts from his fingers at the worst moments. He has a single ally, the Priestess who fell with him – if only he could trust her. Desperate to get out of the Holy Empire, Sun allows Laisal to guide him as they sneak across the mountains to the east. Soon they end up being hunted by Houses, driven into a vast desert, towards certain doom.

Can Sun cheat death a second time?

"Sun Burns" explores a part of the continent no other Wind or Pillar has seen yet, in a tale filled with action, magic and desperate acts.

If you like enemies to friends and slow burn, amid the struggle to simply stay alive, set in a magical world with ever greater stakes, the third book of the Pillars of the Empire by Hannah Steenbock will grab your heart.

Best reading order:

Winds of Destiny
South Breaks
West Flows
East Roars
North Shatters

Pillars of the Empire
Earth Splits
Sky Falls
Sun Burns