Empire's Legacy: The Complete First Trilogy

By Marian L Thorpe

Silver Medal, Historical Fantasy Book of the Year 2019 for the complete trilogy, Coffee Pot Book Club Awards.
Gold Medal, Historical Fantasy Book of the Year 2019 for Empire's Exile, Book III of the trilogy, 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.
In a land where men and women live divided lives, the Eastern Empire is a myth evoked in ceremony, the truth lost in time. When invasion threatens, the young fisherwoman Lena chooses to defend her country, against the wishes of her partner. As Lena accepts the life of a soldier, the intrigues of her Emperor send her north to a land where learning is valued and history is not forgotten. Her life becomes entwined with those of two men, the enigmatic, angry Cillian, scholar and envoy, and the young musician, Sorley. Circumstances take them far from the known world to learn if the Empire of the East still exists - and if it does, will it come to the aid of its long-forgotten province?

Evocative of Europe after the decline of Rome, Empire's Legacy is a story of love and sacrifice, choice and consequence, and the deep longing for home.