The stunningly original, must-read fantasy of 2018 follows two fiercely independent young women, centuries apart, who hold the power to save their world…or doom it.
When assassins ambush her best friend, the crown prince, Rielle Dardenne risks everything to save him, exposing her ability to perform all seven kinds of elemental magic. The only people who should possess this extraordinary power are a pair of prophesied queens: a Queen of light and salvation and a queen of blood and destruction. To prove she is the Sun Queen, Rielle must endure seven trials to test her magic. If she fails, she will be executed…unless the trials kill her first.
A thousand years later, the legend of Queen Rielle is a mere fairy tale to bounty hunter Eliana Ferracora. When the Undying Empire conquered her kingdom, she embraced violence to keep her family alive. Now, she believes herself untouchable–until her mother vanishes without a trace, along with countless other women in their city. To find her, Eliana joins a rebel captain on a dangerous mission and discovers that the evil at the heart of the empire is more terrible than she ever imagined.
As Rielle and Eliana fight in a cosmic war that spans millennia, their stories intersect, and the shocking connections between them ultimately determine the fate of their world–and of each other
Furyborn (The Empirium Trilogy) by Claire Legrand
Title: Furyborn
Author: Claire Legrand
Genre Fantasy
Pages 512
Publishing Date: May 22nd,2018
Publisher: Sourcebooks fire
My Thoughts
Thanks to NetGalley for providing me with a digital arc in exchange for an honest Review!
When Saint katell sunspinner, saint nerida waterworker, saint grimvald metalmaster, saint tameryn shadowcaster, saint tokazi earthshaker, saint marzana firebrand, saint ghhovan windsingers kick all the angels behind the gate…
An angel who is the lover of Saint Katell gives a prophecy before dying.
“The gate will fall, the angels will return and bring ruin to the world.you will know this time by the rise of two human queens, one of blood and one of light. one with the power to save the world. one with the power to destroy it, two queens will rise. they will carry the power of the seven. the will carry your fate in their hands.two queens will rise.”
The story starts with Queen Rillee giving birth of her daughter and for protecting her from Corien an Angel who was able to sneak from the gate, handed her to Simon who is a marque and only marque have the ability to travel with speed and also with time.
Rielle Dardenne, Who is the daughter of lord commander Dardenne, has the ability to control al the seven elements unlike all the other elementals, even saints were not able to control all. Rielle burned her house in her childhood by an accident and killed her mother cause she was not able to control her magic.
Her father and grand magister Taliesin belounnon tried to hide her extraordinary power for years until one day assassins attacked her childhood friend and the prince of Celdaria Audric the Lightbringer (also her love interest, but Lady Ludivine who is also the friends of them, and cousin of Audric is engaged to the Prince), She lost all her control while saving him and exposed in front of everyone.
According to prophecy only two human queens possess this power, for proving She is Light Queen, Kingdom decides to take her trial for every element, If she will survive she will be declared as Light Queen.
Lady Rillee story is 1000+ years old then Eliana Ferracora, who is a bounty hunter working for Empire, known as Dread Of Orline, who is invincible, have the ability to heal herself quickly, who don’t believe in tales of Queen Rille. Until one day she got an assignment to assist Valentine emperor assassin, to catch Wolf who is Red crown captain, the right hand of the prophet.
But Fidelia took her mother and she didn’t have any other option to take help of wolf, One thing leads to another and she came to know that she is The last of house courverie, daughter of the Lightbringer, heir to the throne of saint katell, the true queen of the Celdaria.the furyborn child, Sun Queen daughter of the Queen Rillee
I am going to shut now otherwise I may be spoil something
What I like
I like to story development, throughout the story something interesting was happening which don’t let you distracted.
The whole word was beautiful with a rich history.
If talk about twists there weren’t much or say surprising, many things I guessed and I was right
Two stories at the same time, I liked Rielle story better than Eliana, though Everyone said she is Blood queen, but what If she is not? Everyone assumes her Light Queen than in Eliana’s time she was called as Blood Queen, What if the role will switch to 2nd book?
Who knows?…..I have this odd habit of guessing stories sometimes It also embarrassed me (Sorry If this one will turn wrong in 2nd book).
Ludivine was supporting and loving throughout the story, but I couldn’t digest her character.
Two Queens, both are powerful, strong, interesting.
And here I am declaring THE WOLF is my Favorite character, He is mysterious, strange and wonderful, I don’t know Why but I have this thing for side characters.
If you are a Fantasy Freak than it is your book…
Ratings .5
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