Blood of the Chosen

core novel 2021 Burningblade & Silvereye

Record

First published	2021
Original language	EN
Work type	novel
Canon status	core
Reader rating	4.13 (3,006 ratings, collected 2026-09-04)
First-edition ISBN	9780316519557
Internal chronology	2

Synopsis

Picking up after the events of Ashes of the Sun, this second volume follows the siblings Gyre and Maya as their opposing loyalties harden into open conflict. Gyre, having survived his first confrontation with his sister, now works to unite scattered human rebels and the ghoul-kin of the southern wastes into a single force capable of challenging the Twilight Order's grip on magic and power. Maya, still serving the Order as one of its trained soldiers, is shaken by that encounter with her brother and begins to question the loyalty she has always given without hesitation. Her doubts lead her to investigate a mysterious artifact tied to a lost library, a pursuit that draws her deeper into secrets the Order would rather keep buried, even as Gyre's rebellion gathers momentum across the kingdoms.

Where it sits

• Universe: Burningblade & Silvereye
• Series: Burningblade & Silvereye core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
• Author: Django Wexler

Notes

• From the series record (Burningblade & Silvereye): Core Canon = all 3 novels of the completed Burningblade & Silvereye trilogy.

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 Burningblade & Silvereye: position 2 of 3: previous Ashes of the Sun (2020) · next Emperor of Ruin (2023)

Sources

• Burningblade & Silvereye reader-catalogue series listing
• SFFWorld review: Ashes of the Sun
• https://djangowexler.com/writing/blood-of-the-chosen/

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