
Grave Empire
the Sunday Times bestelling epic fantasy of gunpowder, arcane powers and dark prophecy (Book One of The Great Silence)
$25.44
- Paperback
560 pages
- Release Date
20 January 2026
Summary
*The instant Sunday Times bestseller*
‘Dazzling and immersive epic fantasy’ Publishers Weekly (starred review)
‘An absolute treat … crammed with imagination, horror, epic scale, and characters I simply could not put down’ Grimdark Magazine
ENTER A WORLD WHERE GUNPOWDER, ARCANE FORCES AND RUTHLESS AMBITION COLLIDE
Blood once turned the wheels of empire. Now it is money.
A new age of exploration and innovation h…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780356523880 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0356523888 |
| Author: | Richard Swan |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Orbit |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 560 |
| Release Date: | 20 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 380g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 38mm |
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Critics Review
Dazzling and immersive epic fantasy * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *A truly remarkable page-turning, flintlock fantasy horror * Fantasy Hive *
About The Author
Richard Swan
Richard Swan is a critically acclaimed British genre writer. He is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling Empire of the Wolf and Great Silence trilogies, as well as fiction for Black Library and Grimdark Magazine. His work has been translated into nine languages.
Richard is a qualified lawyer, and before writing full-time spent ten years litigating multi-million-pound commercial disputes in London. He currently lives in Sydney with his wife and three young sons.
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