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Jade Empire
by Simon Turney
Book 7 in the Tales of the Empire series.
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Aram of the scattered Inda reaches an eastern imperial world whose wealth and organisation exceed anything his people have known. The Jade Empire appears powerful, yet court rivalries and pressure on its frontiers have made rulers suspicious of outsiders and of one another.
Aram’s arrival links distant conflicts and forces him to navigate ceremonies, military factions and competing claims about the future of the throne. As empires meet, the exchange is not simply one of conquest: each side must decide what to absorb and what to resist. The novel brings the western and eastern strands of the saga together in a struggle capable of remaking both.