Five Broken Blades
core novel 2024 The Broken Blades
Record
| First published | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.81 (48,727 ratings, collected 2026-11-06) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781649376909 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Five Broken Blades is an epic fantasy by Mai Corland and the first book in The Broken Blades series. Five skilled deceivers, each with a deadly motive, are brought together to assassinate the immortal God King Joon, the tyrant ruler of the kingdom of Yusan. They must learn to trust one another, even though only one of them can claim the crown once the king is dead. The publisher describes the story with the line 'Five ruthless killers. Five deadly motives. One King - who must die.' The setting draws on Korean myth and legend. Zaffre, an imprint of Bonnier Books UK, published the hardback in May 2024.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Broken Blades
- Series: The Broken Blades core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Mai Corland
Notes
- Red Tower, 7 May 2024.
- From the series record (The Broken Blades): Five assassins and spies ally to kill the god-king of Yusan.
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 Broken Blades: position 1 of 3: next Four Ruined Realms (2025)
Sources
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