The Bone Shard Emperor
core novel 2021 The Drowning Empire
Record
| First published | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.05 (16,211 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780316541503 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Continuing directly from the first Drowning Empire novel, The Bone Shard Emperor finds Lin Sukai newly crowned as Emperor and working to stabilize a fragile hold on power. She faces rebellion from island governors and from the Shardless Few, a movement seeking to overthrow the dynasty, while the spy Jovis wrestles with conflicting loyalties and the rebels Phalue and Ranami press for change on Nephilanu Island. Lin also uncovers troubling truths about the foundations the floating islands rest on, learning that witstone mining, long relied upon to keep them aloft, is instead causing them to sink, a discovery that forces her to outlaw the practice and further destabilizes the empire's economy. As old enemies including Nisong maneuver against her, Lin must navigate betrayal and magical revelations while trying to hold her throne and her people together.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Drowning Empire
- Series: The Bone Shard Trilogy core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Andrea Stewart
Notes
- From the series record (The Bone Shard Trilogy): A completed trilogy set in a flooded island empire ruled by an emperor who animates bone-shard constructs; the first novel in a new author's debut series for this 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 Bone Shard Trilogy: position 2 of 3: previous The Bone Shard Daughter (2020) · next The Bone Shard War (2023)
Sources
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