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The Lotus Empire

core novel 2024 The Jasmine Throne / Burning Kingdoms

Record

First published2024
Original language EN
Work typenovel
Canon statuscore
Reader rating4.30 (6,145 ratings, collected 2026-08-11)
Page count494
First-edition ISBN9780316538602
Internal chronology3

Where it sits

Awards (verified)

  • Hugo Award (Best Series), 2025: nominated; Series-level nomination for The Burning Kingdoms as a whole.

Notes

  • From the series record (The Burning Kingdoms): Core Canon = all 3 novels of the completed trilogy (Orbit, 2021-2024). No companion/Expanded Canon material found. Confirmed separate from Suri's earlier Empire of Sand / Realm of Ash duology (Books of Ambha, not admitted to this canon) -- different world, different characters, no shared continuity per sfadb's own separate awards listing for each series.

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 Burning Kingdoms: position 3 of 3: previous The Oleander Sword (2022)

Sources

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