A Song of Legends Lost
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Publisher Description
“The exhilarating must-read fantasy debut of the year.” —Tasha Suri, World Fantasy Award–winning author
An unforgettable tale of revenge and rebellion unfolds when a reckless king implements an ill-fated plan to end a thousand-year war in this relentlessly gripping epic fantasy debut.
A SONG OF REBELLION. A SONG OF WAR. A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST.
The people of Nine Lands know their history. The kingdom once belonged to the Scathed people, until their greyblood servants rose up and slaughtered them. King Ahiki and his warlords laid claim to the realm by defeating the rebels and driving them out to the Feverlands.
Now, thousands of years later, attacks by the greybloods are rebuffed by the invoker clans, warriors of noble blood who summon their ancestors to fight with them in battle. But the war has gone on too long. A general draft is called to take the battle to the Feverlands and defeat the greybloods once and for all. A plan that seems doomed to fail.
When Temi, a commoner, accidentally invokes a powerful spirit, she believes it could be the key to ending the centuries-long war. But not everything that can be invoked is an ancestor, and some of the spirits that can be drawn from the ancestral realm are more dangerous than anyone can imagine.
Praise for A Song of Legends Lost:
“Ayinde is a master storyteller.” —Andrea Stewart, author of The Bone Shard Daughter
“A whirlwind debut of ferocious talent and compulsive storytelling that lifts you up from the first page and never lets go.” —Lavie Tidhar, World Fantasy Award–winning author
“A truly excellent debut.” —James Islington, author of The Will of the Many
The Invoker Trilogy
A Song of Legends Lost
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Ayinde's impressive debut and Invoker trilogy launch invites readers into a detailed and imaginative fantasy world with sci-fi elements. The Scathed people of the Nine Lands created the greybloods, robotlike beings, to serve them, but the greybloods revolted, determined to wipe out their creators, leading to a millennia-long war. This conflict reaches a turning point after Temi, a baker, is cursed by a witch, who warns her, "The king must fall by your hand!" At the same time, King Jakhenaten II Ahiki raises an army to recapture the Feverlands from the greybloods. Temi is drawn into the campaign and, along the way, realizes that she is possessed by a powerful spirit who could help them win the war once and for all. Ayinde juggles a sprawling cast and multiple plotlines skillfully, while paying special attention to worldbuilding minutiae, such as describing increases in grain prices in response to a royal quota that makes life for the poorer classes even harder. The result is a rich and wonderfully complex world that readers will be eager to revisit.
