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Author
Series
(Andrea G.).Drowning empire volume 3
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Lin Sukai has won her first victory as Emperor, but the future of the Phoenix Empire hangs in the balance--and Lin is dangerously short of allies. As her own governors plot treason, the Shardless Few renew hostilities. Worse still, Lin discovers her old nemesis Nisong has joined forces with the rogue Alanga, Ragan. Both seek her death. Yet hope lies in history. Legend tells of seven mythic swords, forged in centuries past. If Lin can find them before...
Series
Cultural interactions in the Mediterranean volume Volume 1
Publisher
Brill
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In Ashtown, a rough-and-tumble desert community, the Emperor rules with poisoned claws and an iron fist. He can't show any sign of weakness, as the neighboring Wiley City has spent lifetimes beating down the people of Ashtown and would love nothing more than its downfall. There's only one person in the desert the Emperor can fully trust--and her name is Scales. Scales is the best at what she does: keeping everyone and everything in line. As a skilled...
27) The blood mirror
Author
Series
Lightbringer volume 4
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"The Seven Satrapies have collapsed into four-and those are falling before the White King's armies. Gavin Guile, ex-emperor, ex-Prism, ex-galley slave, formerly the one man who might have averted war, is now lost, broken, and trapped in a prison crafted by his own hands to hold a great magical genius. But Gavin has no magic at all. Worse, in this prison, Gavin may not be alone. Kip Guile will make a last, desperate attempt to stop the White King's...
29) The last legion
Publisher
Weinstein Co
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
In the year 470 A.D., a young emperor must find a group of fighters to join him in protecting the Roman Empire.
31) We are the fire
Author
Publisher
Swoon Reads
Pub. Date
2021.
Lexile measure
HL 790L
Language
English
Description
Teens Oksana and Pran, stolen from their families and forced into the army, dream of a life together after tearing down the tyrannical empire but their radically different methods strain their relationship.
Publisher
Pan Asian Publications
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
Seven magic brothers: seven very special brothers were born with magic powers. One day, the strong brother saves the emperor from a falling boulder. Instead of being grateful, the evil emperor puts him in jail, jealous of his powers. His brothers get together and save him.
The sorceress of the Wooden Bridge Inn: a weary traveller stumbles on a beautiful innkeeper's dark secret. The story tells how the traveller outwits the innkeeper, turns the evil...
Author
Series
Emperor volume 4
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Julius Caesar leads his legions across the Rubicon River to confront his last rival for supreme power, a victory that will split Rome in a destructive civil war, test the bonds of long-time friendship, and lead to the betrayal of his closest ally.
Author
Series
Lightbringer volume 5
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
[2019].
Language
English
Description
"In the stunning conclusion to the epic, New York Times bestselling Lightbringer series by Brent Weeks, kingdoms clash as Kip must finally escape his family's shadow in order to protect the land and people he loves. Gavin Guile, once the most powerful man the world had ever seen, has been laid low. He's lost his magic, and now he is on a suicide mission. Failure will condemn the woman he loves. Success will condemn his entire empire. As the White...
38) Nero
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The Emperor Caligula has gone mad. Murdering his sister's husband for conspiracy, he exiles her and takes her son Lucius, who begins his historical legacy as Nero. Revenge, bloodlust and deception haunt Nero's rule.
Author
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In the year 4 BCE, an ambitious courtier is called upon to seduce the young emperor--but quickly discovers they are both ruled by blood, sex and intrigue. In 1740, a lonely innkeeper agrees to help a mysterious visitor procure a rare medicine, only to unleash an otherworldly terror instead. And in present-day Los Angeles, a college student meets a beautiful stranger and cannot shake the feeling they've met before. Across these seemingly unrelated...