Realm of Ash
core novel 2019 Empire of Sand / Realm of Ash
Record
| First published | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.97 (4,590 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| Page count | 480 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780316449724 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Set some years after Empire of Sand, this companion novel follows Arwa, a young widow bound into lifelong service to the imperial family after surviving the massacre of her husband's household, and Zahir, a disgraced, illegitimate prince who turns to forbidden ritual magic in a desperate attempt to protect what remains of his family's claim to power. The fate of the crumbling Ambhan Empire increasingly rests on the two of them as they journey together into the Realm of Ash, a mysterious otherworldly dreamscape where the dead can be reached and ancestral memories relived, though every visit exacts a steep personal cost. As Arwa and Zahir walk through fragments of their own and their families' pasts in search of answers, they are forced to reckon with whether an empire built on so much suffering is truly worth the sacrifices still being asked of them.
Where it sits
- Universe: Empire of Sand / Realm of Ash
- Series: The Books of Ambha core; position 2 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Tasha Suri
Notes
- From the series record (The Books of Ambha): Core Canon = both novels of the completed duology (Orbit, 2018-2019). Confirmed a separate, unrelated universe from Suri's The Jasmine Throne / Burning Kingdoms, already in this canon -- different world and characters, confirmed at that admission; both records are cross-referenced as being by the same author.
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 Books of Ambha: position 2 of 2: previous Empire of Sand (2018)
Sources
← Empire of Sand / Realm of Ash dossier · All universes
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