Dawnbringer (Tempris #3)

Author: Stephanie Fisher Listening Length: 30h 23m

They thought the last time mage was dead. They were wrong. Taly is back. Finally free of the Queen and out of the loop. But freedom doesn’t mean safety. Tempris has changed while she was gone—and so has she. With enemies closing in from all sides, Taly must navigate a world that keeps rewriting itself beneath her fee...

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At first glance, the nobility of the Fey Imperium appear to follow a structure familiar to most human monarchies—titles like Duke, Marquess, and Baron are common enough to lull one into a false sense of understanding. But as with most things Fey, the truth is both stranger and older than it seems.

Their King and Queen are not merely rulers by bloodline or conquest. They are the living embodiments of their gods, vessels through which divine will is made manifest. These monarchs, along with their divine Council, sit atop a vast hierarchy spanning twelve Dominions, each ruled by a powerful ducal order, each with its own customs, its own burdens, and its own bitter rivalries.

Even their language of succession reflects a depth we struggle to match. There is a word—long, elegant, and entirely untranslatable—that denotes the chosen inheritor of a Dominion. I will not attempt it. For the sake of this account, I’ll simply use the word prince.

It is not quite accurate, but close enough in spirit. After all, what is a prince if not the one born to inherit everything?

Dawnbringer (Tempris #3)

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