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978-0008204129

The House of Sacrifice (Empires of Dust 3)

The House of Sacrifice (Empires of Dust 3)

by Anna Smith-Spark

Publisher Harper Voyager

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    If you would like a number to match other books of the trilogy, all requests must be made before 17/07/2019. We will be unable to honour requests submitted after this time.

About the book

A powerhouse grimdark fantasy of bloodshed, ambition, and fate, The House of Sacrifice is the thunderous conclusion to Anna Smith Spark's Empires of Dust trilogy, which began with The Court of Broken Knives.

Hail Him. Behold Him. Man-killer, life-stealer, death-bringer, lifes thief. All are bound to Him, His word is law. The night coming, the sudden light that makes the eyes blind, Golden one, shining, glorious. Lifes judgement, lifes pleasure, hopes grave.

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, Thalias 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?

A glorious, ambitious and bloodily brilliant conclusion that threads together a masterful tapestry of language and story, and holding up a piercing reflection on epic fantasy and those who love it.

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About the Author

Anna Smith-Spark

Anna Smith-Spark lives in London. She loves grimdark and epic fantasy and historical military fiction. Anna has a BA in Classics, an MA in history and a PhD in English Literature. She has previously been published in the Fortean Times.

Anna's favourite authors and key influences are R. Scott Bakker, Steve Erikson, M. John Harrison, Ursula Le Guin, Mary Stewart and Mary Renault. She spent several years as an obsessive D&D player.


Her Empires of Dust series began with The Court of Broken Knives in 2017, followed by The Tower of Living and Dying in 2018 and The House of Sacrifice in 2019.

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