Falling Kingdoms
A Falling Kingdoms Novel
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this epic fantasy adventure, sides must be chosen in a world on the verge of war—a world full of treacherous betrayals, shocking murders, secret alliances, and even unforeseen love.
“This is one of those series you can't help but be obsessed with.”—Richelle Mead, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Vampire Academy and Bloodlines series
“Evocative and intricate.”—Publishers Weekly
In the three kingdoms of Mytica, magic has long been forgotten. And while hard-won peace has reigned for centuries, a deadly unrest now simmers below the surface.
Princess: Raised in pampered luxury, Cleo must now embark on a rough and treacherous journey into enemy territory in search of magic long thought extinct.
Rebel: Jonas, enraged at injustice, lashes out against the forces of oppression that have kept his country cruelly impoverished. To his shock, he finds himself the leader of a people’s revolution centuries in the making.
Sorceress: Lucia, adopted at birth into a royal family, discovers the truth about her past—and the supernatural legacy she is destined to wield.
Heir: Bred for aggression and trained to conquer, firstborn son Magnus must be more lethal than the sword.
As the rulers of each kingdom grapple for power, the lives of their subjects are brutally transformed . . . and these four key players, royals and rebels alike, find their fates forever intertwined.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Writing under a pseudonym, author Michelle Rowan (the Demon Princess series) launches a planned series with this otherworldly epic about kingdoms on the brink of war. While the corrupt rulers of three realms plot the others' overthrow, key young people Cleo, the flighty youngest daughter of the Auranian king; Magnus, the bitter son of the cruel king of Limeros; and Jonas, an angry peasant from Palesia whose brother was murdered by an Auranian nobleman all chafe under the restrictions placed upon them by misguided elders. Relatively few action sequences and heavy dialogue slow the pacing, yet Rhodes maps an evocative and intricate world mythology. Readers will likely relate most to the numerous dysfunctional familial, political, and romantic relationships spawning from the labyrinthine network of kingdoms. Though characters' behaviors can be mechanical at times (Cleo's tears over an arranged marriage come across as perfunctory), the novel's blend of forbidden love, unruly royals, and ancient prophecy should draw in fantasy lovers who don't mind a touch of melodrama. Ages 12 up.
