The Trials of Empire
core novel 2024 Empire of the Wolf
Record
| First published | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.10 (6,417 ratings, collected 2026-08-29) |
| Page count | 496 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780316361989 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
In the concluding volume of the Empire of the Wolf trilogy, Konrad Vonvalt and his apprentice Helena Sedanka work to prevent the collapse of the fantasy Sovan Empire as the threats set in motion earlier in the series come to a head. With the conspiracy uncovered in the previous book now threatening to tear the empire apart from within, Vonvalt, weakened by the toll his magic and his enemies have taken on him, and Helena, increasingly forced to take on responsibilities beyond her training, must contend with civil unrest, rival claimants to power, and the unraveling of the legal order Vonvalt has spent his career upholding, all while trying to hold the empire together.
Where it sits
- Universe: Empire of the Wolf
- Series: Empire of the Wolf core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Richard Swan
Notes
- From the series record (Empire of the Wolf): A completed trilogy following an Emperor's Justice -- a travelling magistrate-and-executioner of a sprawling, crumbling empire -- and his clerk, as imperial law collides with rebellion, religious zealotry, and the empire's own internal rot.
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 Empire of the Wolf: position 3 of 3: previous The Tyranny of Faith (2023)
- Internal chronology, within Empire of the Wolf: position 4 of 4: previous The Tyranny of Faith (2023)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Justice_of_Kings
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trials_of_Empire
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