The Guns of Empire

Django Wexler

Aug 2016 · The Shadow Campaigns Book 4 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

As the “audacious and subversive”* Shadow Campaigns novels continue, the weather is growing warmer, but the frosty threat of Vordan’s enemies is only growing worse...
 
As the roar of the guns subsides and the smoke of battle clears, the country of Vordan is offered a fragile peace…
 
After their shattering defeats at the hands of brilliant General Janus bet Vhalnich, the opposing powers have called all sides to the negotiating table in hopes of securing an end to the war. Queen Raesinia of Vordan is anxious to see the return of peace, but Janus insists that any peace with the implacable Sworn Church of Elysium is doomed to fail. For their Priests of the Black, there can be no truce with heretics and demons they seek to destroy, and the war is to the death.
 
Soldiers Marcus d’Ivoire and Winter Ihernglass find themselves caught between their general and their queen. Now, each must decide which leader truly commands their loyalty—and what price they might pay for final victory.
 
And in the depths of Elysium, a malign force is rising—and defeating it might mean making sacrifices beyond anything they have ever imagined.

Ratings and reviews

I honestly wish all book series were so well written and had this much flair. I want to read book after book. However the next book seems a little too expensive for now

Fan-freaking-tastic. I burned through this in three days, and it did not disappoint. Django, as always, has even left a cliffhanger that had me screaming, knowing it'll be at least a year before the conclusion. I'll be there when it comes. "Be wary of Vhalnich," the Ghost had said. "He plains deep." LIGHT SPOILERS MAY FOLLOW Vhalnich plans deep, indeed. But like Faris IV before him, he marches without toward Elysium full knowledge of the powers of the Priests of the Black. The depths of Murnsk are a cold, frigid wasteland devoid of sustenance. What might happen if even Janus found himself where he could neither go forward nor turn back? Hm.

I've never cried do much in my life, BOBBY NOOOOOO!!!!

About the author

Django Wexler is the author of the Shadow Campaigns novels, including The Infernal Battalion, The Guns of Empire, The Price of Valor, The Shadow Throne, and The Thousand Names. His forthcoming novel, Dungeons & Dragons: Spelljammer: Memory's Wake, will release in June 2024. He graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh with degrees in creative writing and computer science, and worked for the university in artificial intelligence research. When not planning Shadow Campaigns, he wrangles computers, paints tiny soldiers, and plays games of all sorts. He is also the author of the middle-grade and YA fantasy novels.