This adult epic fantasy debut from Sarah Rees Brennan puts the reader in the villain's shoes, for an adventure that is both "brilliant" (Holly Black) and "supremely satisfying" (Leigh Bardugo). Expect a rogue's gallery of villains including an axe wielding maid, a shining knight with dark moods, a homicidal bodyguard, and a playboy spymaster with a golden heart and a filthy reputation.
When her whole life collapsed, Rae still had books. Dying, she seizes a second chance at living: a magical bargain that lets her enter the world of her favorite fantasy series.
She wakes in a castle on the edge of a hellish chasm, in a kingdom on the brink of war. Home to dangerous monsters, scheming courtiers and her favourite fictional character: the Once and Forever Emperor. He’s impossibly alluring, as only fiction can be. And in this fantasy world, she discovers she's not the heroine, but the villainess in the Emperor's tale.
So be it. The wicked are better dressed, with better one-liners, even if they're doomed to bad ends. She assembles the wildly disparate villains of the story under her evil leadership, plotting to change their fate. But as the body count rises and the Emperor's fury increases, it seems Rae and her allies may not survive to see the final page.
THIS IS A TALE FOR EVERYONE WHO’S EVER FALLEN FOR THE VILLAIN…
This adult epic fantasy debut from Sarah Rees Brennan puts the reader in the villain's shoes, for an adventure that is both "brilliant" (Holly Black) and "supremely satisfying" (Leigh Bardugo). Expect a rogue's gallery of villains including an axe wielding maid, a shining knight with dark moods, a homicidal bodyguard, and a playboy spymaster with a golden heart and a filthy reputation.
When her whole life collapsed, Rae still had books. Dying, she seizes a second chance at living: a magical bargain that lets her enter the world of her favorite fantasy series.
She wakes in a castle on the edge of a hellish chasm, in a kingdom on the brink of war. Home to dangerous monsters, scheming courtiers and her favourite fictional character: the Once and Forever Emperor. He’s impossibly alluring, as only fiction can be. And in this fantasy world, she discovers she's not the heroine, but the villainess in the Emperor's tale.
So be it. The wicked are better dressed, with better one-liners, even if they're doomed to bad ends. She assembles the wildly disparate villains of the story under her evil leadership, plotting to change their fate. But as the body count rises and the Emperor's fury increases, it seems Rae and her allies may not survive to see the final page.
THIS IS A TALE FOR EVERYONE WHO’S EVER FALLEN FOR THE VILLAIN…
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Sarah Rees Brennan was born and raised in Ireland by the sea. After world travel and surviving stage four cancer, she settled there in the shadow of a three-hundred-year-old library.
Her debut fantasy novel for adults, LONG LIVE EVIL, the tale of a young woman who walks into her favorite fantasy novel and unites the villains in a wicked plot, came out 2024 and was an instant #1 Sunday Times bestseller, #15 USA Today bestseller, Locus recommended read and on two New York Times lists, Best of Fantasy and Best of Romance. ALL HAIL CHAOS, the sequel to LONG LIVE EVIL, is coming soon…
Before her cancer career break, she was the bestselling, award-winning author of young adult fiction including the Demon’s Lexicon trilogy, the romantic Gothic Lynburn Legacy series and fantasy standalone In Other Lands, the story of the crankiest nerd who ever fell into a magical land, which was a Lodestar finalist. She’s written tie-in series in the universes of hit Netflix shows, award-winning graphic novel series, and the Marvel universe.
https://www.sarahreesbrennan.com/
1 books in catalog
Sarah Rees Brennan was born and raised in Ireland by the sea. After world travel and surviving stage four cancer, she settled there in the shadow of a three-hundred-year-old library.
Her debut fantasy novel for adults, LONG LIVE EVIL, the tale of a young woman who walks into her favorite fantasy novel and unites the villains in a wicked plot, came out 2024 and was an instant #1 Sunday Times bestseller, #15 USA Today bestseller, Locus recommended read and on two New York Times lists, Best of Fantasy and Best of Romance. ALL HAIL CHAOS, the sequel to LONG LIVE EVIL, is coming soon…
Before her cancer career break, she was the bestselling, award-winning author of young adult fiction including the Demon’s Lexicon trilogy, the romantic Gothic Lynburn Legacy series and fantasy standalone In Other Lands, the story of the crankiest nerd who ever fell into a magical land, which was a Lodestar finalist. She’s written tie-in series in the universes of hit Netflix shows, award-winning graphic novel series, and the Marvel universe.
https://www.sarahreesbrennan.com/
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