It takes the norms of the ‘chosen one’ trope or the ‘brooding assassin with a past’ throws them straight out the window. The Final Strife is one of those books for me. The only reason it may not be the first title that jumps to your lips when someone asks for a recommendation is that you don’t want to share - Share these characters that you care for SO deeply - Share this world where they struggle and dance, laugh and cry, love and bleed…īecause what if that don’t understand, what if they don’t understand and in doing that show that they don’t understand the piece of you that also lives there. You know that these characters and their stories are going to live in your head for years. There are some books that when you read them, you just know. However, the flame of hope may yet be rekindled because Sylah wasn’t made to sparkle, she was born to burn.Īnd it’s up to her whether she rules the empire or destroys it.
But when her adopted family were brutally murdered those dreams of a better future turned to dust. Stolen by blue-blooded rebels she was raised with a Duster’s heart forged as a weapon to bring down from within the red-blooded Embers’ regime of cruelty. Sylah was destined to win the trials and be crowned Warden of Strength. The Aktibar – a set of trials held every ten years to find the next Ember rulers of the Empire – is about to begin.Īll can join but not just anyone can win it requires great skill and ingenuity to become the future wardens of Strength, Knowledge, Truth and Duty.
Red is the blood of the elite, of magic, of control.īlue is the blood of the poor, of workers, of the resistance.Ĭlear is the blood of the servants, of the crushed, of the invisible. The Final Strife sings of rebellion, love, and the courage it takes to stand up to tyranny, following three women whose journeys will keep you gripped to the last' -Samantha Shannon, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree 'Epic in scope, its worldbuilding as intricate as filigree.
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