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The House of Sacrifice


A Fantasy Novel


Book 3 of the Empires of Dust Series


Subgenres & Tropes:

  • Dark Fantasy,
  • Military Fantasy,
  • Grimdark,
  • Mad King,
  • Pregnancy
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This book is for you if you're into...

  • Stories where a warlord's victory is just the start of trouble
  • Fantasy exploring the cost of violence on rulers and their heirs
  • Bleak power struggles with unraveling minds and haunted legacies
Publisher Description

Marith Altrersyr has won. He cut a path of blood and vengeance and needless violence around the world and now he rules. It is time for Marith to put down his sword, to send home his armies, to grow a beard and become fat. It is time to look to his own house, and to produce an heir. The King of Death must now learn to live.

But some things cannot be learnt. The spoils of war turn to ash in the mouths of the Amrath Army and soon they are on the move again. But Marith, lord of lies, dragon-killer, father-killer, has begun to falter and his mind decays. How long can a warlord rotting from within continue to win?

As the Army marches on to Sorlost, Thalia's thoughts turn to home and to the future: a life grows inside her and it is a precious thing - but it grows weak.

Why must the sins of the father curse the child?

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