Beneath the Twisted Trees
core novel 2019 The Song of the Shattered Sands
Record
| First published | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.17 (1,423 ratings, collected 2026-08-27) |
| Page count | 540 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780756414603 |
| Internal chronology | 4 |
Synopsis
Now leading the Shieldwives, a band of desert warriors within the Thirteenth Tribe, Çeda faces a city of Sharakhai left vulnerable after a failed campaign, with rival kingdoms circling to invade. She seizes the opening to pursue her larger goal: freeing Sehid-Alaz, the immortal king of her own people, cursed centuries earlier and transformed into one of the tormented asirim enslaved to Sharakhai's rulers. As outside armies close in on the city and enemies within move against her, Çeda races to find a way to break the ancient curse binding the asirim, while contending with the Blade Maidens sent to hunt her, her own father among the ruling kings, and the will of the gods themselves. The pressure pushes the surviving Thirteenth Tribe back toward the mountains where they were nearly destroyed four centuries before.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Song of the Shattered Sands
- Series: The Song of the Shattered Sands core; position 4 of 6 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Bradley P. Beaulieu
Notes
- From the series record (The Song of the Shattered Sands): Middle Eastern/desert-inspired epic fantasy set in the city-state of Sharakhai, ruled by twelve immortal Kings; the six-book main sequence (2015-2021) is Core Canon. The standalone prequel novella "Of Sand and Malice Made" is Expanded Canon.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Song of the Shattered Sands: position 4 of 6: previous A Veil of Spears (2018) · next When Jackals Storm the Walls (2020)
Sources
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