âCarson joins the ranks of writers like Kristin Cashore, Megan Whalen Turner, and Tamora Pierce as one of YAâs best writers of high fantasy.ââLocus Magazine
The second book in Rae Carsonâs award-winning and New York Timesâbestselling trilogy! Betrayal, love, and untold power fuel the heroic adventure of a seventeen-year-old princess turned warrior-queen. Fans of Tomi Adeyemi, Kendare Blake and Sarah J. Maas will be riveted.
She does not know what awaits her at the enemyâs gate.
Elisa led her people to victory over a terrifying, sorcerous army. Her place as queen should be secure. But it isnât. Her enemies come at her like ghosts in a dream, from foreign realms and even from within her own court. And her destiny as the chosen one remains uncertain.
To conquer the power she bears, Elisa must journey from the hidden catacombs beneath her own city to treacherous seas and a long-forgotten island. With her go a one-eyed spy, a traitor, and the man with whomâdespite everythingâshe is falling in love. If sheâs lucky, sheâll return. But there will be a cost.
Donât miss The Empire of Dreams, Rae Carsonâs action-packed return to the world of The Girl of Fire and Thorns!