The Empire's Ruin

In "The Empire's Ruin," the first book of Brian Staveley's new epic fantasy trilogy set in the world of the Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, the Annurian Empire faces imminent collapse. The once-powerful Kettral are in disarray, and the crucial kenta gates have become inoperative. To save the empire, a surviving Kettral must embark on a perilous journey into a toxic land to locate the nesting ground of giant war hawks, while a monk-turned-con artist may hold vital secrets about the gates. As ancient, god-like beings begin to awaken in the south, their discoveries could change the fate of the empire forever.