Empire's Hostage: Book II of Empire's Legacy

By Marian L Thorpe

Silver Medal, Historical Fantasy Book of the Year 2019 (Box Set), Coffee Pot Book Club Awards

'Fans of Guy Gavriel Kay will love Thorpe's work.' Anya Pavelle, author of the Moon Hunters.

Once there was an Eastern Empire of grandeur and beauty and learning. Then it disappeared, leaving only snatches of story and faint memories in a little sea-bordered land far to the west, where invasion from both north and south now threatens. Could the Eastern Empire still exist - and if it does, if it can be found, will it come to the aid of its long-forgotten province?

In Book II of the award-winning Empire's Legacy trilogy, eighteen months of war on the northern border has exhausted both sides. Lena's Emperor asks her to stand as hostage to a temporary truce. Sent to live among people who were the enemy only days before, Lena learns the secret reason behind their invasion of her land - and challenging their leader over it may prove to be her worst decision yet.

Far more than the success of a truce is now in Lena's hands, but in a place she neither knows nor understands, she needs help. But how do you convince someone who hates you and everything you stand for to work together to save both your lands?