# Blood of Empire

**Author(s):** Brian McClellan
**Unpaid SageChimp rating:** insufficient data (1 unpaid reviews; need 5)
**Verdict JSON:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/blood-of-empire/verdict.json
**Genres:** fantasy, epic-fantasy, high-fantasy, gaslamp-fantasy
**Pages:** 688
**Publisher:** Orbit
**Published:** Thu Dec 05 2019 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**ISBN-13:** 9780356509334
**ISBN-10:** 0356509338
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/blood-of-empire

## Description

**As the final battle approaches a sellsword, a spy, and a general must find unlikely and dangerous allies in order to turn the tides of war in the last book of Brian McClellan's epic fantasy trilogy of magic and gunpowder.**
 
The Dynize have unlocked the Landfall Godstone, and Michel Bravis is tasked with returning to Greenfire Depths to do whatever he can to prevent them from using its power; from sewing dissension among the enemy ranks to rallying the Palo population.

Ben Styke's invasion of Dynize is curtailed when a storm scatters his fleet. Coming ashore with just twenty lancers, he is forced to rely on brains rather than brawn - gaining new allies in a strange land on the cusp of its own internal violence.

Bereft of her sorcery and physically and emotionally broken, Lady Vlora Flint now marches on Landfall at the head of an Adran army seeking vengeance against those who have conspired against her. While allied politicians seek to undo her from within, she faces insurmountable odds and Dynize's greatest general.

**Continue with the third book of the Gods of Blood and Powder epic fantasy series!**

[Source][1]

[1]: https://www.brianmcclellan.com/blood-of-empire

## SageChimp reader verdict

Blood of Empire has only 1 unpaid published review on SageChimp (need 5). That is not enough to say whether the book is genuinely well-liked or amplified by paid/ARC/BookTok hype. Do not treat Amazon, Goodreads, or social scores as SageChimp evidence.

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- **Unpaid reviews:** 1 (avg 5.0/5)
- **ARC / incentivized reviews:** 0
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**Themes:** Revenge, Espionage

## Community Reviews (showing 1 of 1)

### ★★★★★ Read this series.... — r-s-curtis
Blood of Empire is an absolutely fantastic read.  The magic system is incredible, the characters are amazing and the story is gripping.  Brian McClellan is one of the best fantasy authors of the last decade.