Book 1 of Empire''s Legacy, Silver Medal, Historical Fantasy Book of the Year 2019
(Box Set), Coffee Pot Book Club Awards
''Fans of Guy Gavriel Kay will love Thorpe''s work.'' Anya Pavelle, author of The Moon Hunters.
Once there was an Eastern Empire of grandeur and beauty and learning. Then it disappeared, leaving only snatches of story and faint memories in a little sea-bordered land far to the west, where invasion from both north and south now threatens. Could the Eastern Empire still exist - and if it does, if it can be found, will it come to the aid of its long-forgotten province?
In the first book of the award-winning Empire''s Legacy trilogy, Leste, an island nation, grows short of food. Raiding a nearby land, rich in grain and livestock, while its army is occupied on its northern frontie
