Format: Paperback, 528 pages
Release Date: June 2, 2020
Publisher: Orbit
Source: Publisher
Genre: Fantasy / Epic
One woman will either save an entire continent or completely destroy it in a captivating epic fantasy bursting with intrigue and ambition, questioned loyalties, and broken magic.
"Guard the tower, ward the stone. Find your answers writ in bone. Keep your trust through wits or war--nothing must unseal the door."
Deep
within Gloamingard Castle lies a black tower. Sealed by magic, it
guards a dangerous secret that has been contained for thousands of
years.
As Warden, Ryxander knows the warning passed down through generations: nothing must unreal the Door.
But one impetuous decision will leave her with blood on her hands--and
unleash a threat that could doom the world to fall to darkness.
The Obsidian Tower, by author Melissa Caruso, begins a new
epic fantasy trilogy called Rooks and Ruins in which the broken magic of one
woman will either save an entire continent-or completely destroy it. This story
takes place 150 years after the ending of Swords and Fire. The author has
created an entirely new cast of characters so you can either choose to read
this book first and then go back to the previous series or read the previous
series first. Either way it's the same world so it's your choice.
As the granddaughter of an immortal Witch Lord (Lady of Owls)
of Vaskandar and a line of Royal Vivomancers, Exalted Ryxander (Ryx) was
destined for power and prestige. But a childhood illness left her with broken
magic that drains the life from anything she touches, and Vaskandar has no
place for a mage with unusable powers. Ryx has resigned herself to an isolated
life as the Warden of Gloamingard, her grandmother’s castle. But, Ryx has other
plans as well. As the story opens, she
readies to host a peace conference between the Serene Empire, Akevar, and
Vaskandar before a war breaks out.
Ryx's country of Morgain lays directly between Akevar and the
Serene Empire so they have everything to lose if the peace treaty talks go
sideways. To make things more interesting, at Gloamingard’s heart lies a black
tower. Sealed by magic, it guards a dangerous secret that has been contained by
Ryx's family for thousands of years. When an unwanted visitor gets too curious
about the Black Door and what's behind it, Ryx accidentally kills the dignitary
in self-defense, activating a mysterious magical artifact sealed in an ancient
tower in the heart of her family’s castle. What happens next could unleash a
threat that could doom everything she loves to fall to darkness with no hopes
of a peaceful solution to a possible war.
Ryx falls in with a group of unlikely magical experts
(Rookery) investigating the disturbance in Vaskandar—and Ryx realizes that her
family is in danger and her domain is at stake. She and her new colleagues
(Asheva, Bastian, Foxglove, Kessa) must take control of the artifact that
everyone wants to claim—before it destroys the world. But, with players from
all sides chirping in with their approval or suggestions as to what happens
next to the artifact, time may be running out until someone reveals Ryx's
murder of someone close to the Shrike Lord of Akevar, time may be running out quickly for Ryx and
her new friends.
As delegations from other kingdoms come to engage in peace talks, Ryx finds a spy in their midst. Courtly intrigue ensues as Ryx also realizes that some of their “allies” are a little too interested in the tower that her family guards. There’s a good amount of diversity in this book as well, with a nonbinary character, bisexual character, and lesbian characters. There is minor romance possibilities in this book as well between Ryx and others, including Severin who really steps up when things get dangerous for Ryx.
Publication Schedule:
1. The Obsidian Tower (TP: 06/20)
2. The Quicksilver Court (TP: 08/21)
3. The Bone Chamber (TP: 08/22)
intersting cover. glad it was a good one. have a super day
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