The Sovereign
core novel 2025 Magic of the Lost
Record
| First published | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.18 (1,140 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780356516264 |
Synopsis
The Sovereign, concluding C. L. Clark's Magic of the Lost trilogy, follows Luca as she finally takes the throne of a fracturing Balladaire, an empire beset by a deadly plague and searching for lost magic that might hold a cure, while Touraine, now serving as Luca's general, must confront an old flame leading an opposing army against them. With Balladaire's stability collapsing and Qazal's hard-won independence still fragile, both women are forced to reckon with the compromises their new positions demand and with where their loyalties, to each other, to their peoples, and to the causes they once fought for, truly lie as the trilogy moves toward its final resolution.
Where it sits
- Universe: Magic of the Lost
- Series: Magic of the Lost core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: C. L. Clark
Notes
- From the series record (Magic of the Lost): New author record. A completed grimdark/postcolonial epic fantasy trilogy exploring colonialism, queerness, and empire through a soldier-turned-rebel protagonist. The Unbroken was a finalist for 5 major genre awards -- the 2021 Nebula Award for Best Novel, the 2022 British Fantasy Award's Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel, the 2022 Ignyte Award for Best Novel (Adult), the 2022 Locus Award for Best First Novel, and the 2021 Readers' Choice Award for Best Fantasy -- all losses (no wins), verified via Wikipedia's own dedicated The Unbroken article, which is careful to distinguish finalist-only results from wins.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Magic of the Lost: position 3 of 3: previous The Faithless (2023)
Sources
- Wikipedia: C. L. Clark
- Wikipedia: The Unbroken
- https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/c-l-clark/the-sovereign/9780316542883/
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