There Before the Chaos
The Farian War, Book 1
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- 8,00 kr
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- 8,00 kr
Publisher Description
An epic space opera trilogy featuring the gunrunner empress Hail Bristol, who must navigate alien politics and deadly plots to prevent an interspecies war.
The battle for the throne is over. The war for the galaxy is just beginning.
Hail Bristol, infamous galactic gunrunner and former runaway princess, never expected to inherit the throne of Indrana. But after avenging the murder of her family and cleansing the Empire of usurpers in a bloody civil war, the former outlaw must fulfill her duties to her people. Hail retires her gun and throws herself into the rebuilding of her Empire.
Her hard-won peace is short-lived. When Indrana's closest ally asks Hail to intervene in an interstellar military crisis, she embarks on the highest stakes diplomatic mission the Empire has ever faced. Caught between two alien civilizations at each other's throats, she must uncover each side's true intentions before all of humanity becomes collateral damage in a full-blown galactic war.
There Before the Chaos begins a fresh, pulse-pounding space opera series from an exciting new voice in science fiction.
For more from K. B. Wagers, check out:
The Indranan War trilogy Behind the Throne, After the Crown, Beyond the Empire
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Wagers opens a sequel series to the Indranan War trilogy without missing a beat. Hailimi "Hail" Bristol, an Indranan princess turned selectively ruthless gunrunner, was forced to take her empire's throne after conspirators murdered her family. She saved the empire, but now a war between Indrana's centuries-long allies, the Farians, who can heal or kill with a touch, and the Farians' ancient enemy, the Shen, threatens to spill over to all of humankind, with disastrous consequences. As events careen toward a cataclysm, Hail is as sharp-edged and dark-humored as ever, growing in compassion while still engrossingly dangerous to her enemies. Wagers achieves a rare balance of action (most of which takes place late in the book), tension, and quiet moments, keeping pages turning while deepening the portraits of Hail and the friends and foes around her. Fans of the original trilogy will welcome Hail's return, and any space opera reader can easily jump in here.
