Blood of the Mantis

by Adrian Tchaikovsky

First published 2009

Achaeos the seer races to recover the stolen Shadow Box, a powerful artifact, before it's lost forever. But dark forces are massing, and Stenwold must rally allies to hold back the hated Empire's conquest. Should the Shadow Box fall into the wrong hands, nothing can save the world from ruin. In this epic fantasy, the fate of civilization hangs by a thread.

Genres: adventure, fantasy, dark-fantasy, epic-fantasy

Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful

Tropes: chosen-one, enemies-to-lovers, found-family

Setting: Capitas, Collegium, Sarn, Solarno

301 pages · Paperback · Pyr

Content warnings: violence

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