{"product_id":"a-drowned-empire-duet-frankie-diane-mallis-9781957014166","title":"A Drowned Empire Duet","description":"\u003cp\u003eDaughter of the Drowned Empire (Book 1 in the Drowned Empire Series) and Son of the Drowned Empire (Book 1.5 in the Drowned Empire series) have been spliced together with chapters appearing in chronological order to create this unique tandem read.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaughter of the Drowned Empire\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTo love is to sacrifice your heart\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLady Lyriana Batavia is third in line to the Seat of Power in Bamaria: a position of wealth and privilege, but not safety. Bamaria falls under the rule of the Lumerian Empire, survivors of a celestial war whose island sank in the Drowning. Now all Lumerians submit to the Emperor and his strict laws about magic. He decides what magic can be practiced and what powers remain forbidden. He decides who will die for possession of forbidden magic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLyr's own cousin was executed for wielding the wrong kind. And for years, Lyr has sworn to protect her older sisters, helping them conceal their own illicit magic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when Lyr must participate in the ceremony that reveals her power, she uncovers something else entirely. Something that means banishment from the Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFaced with death in exile, and leaving her sisters behind, Lyr has no choice but to accept a deadly contract. She has seven months to train as a warrior and pass the Emperor's brutal test of strength, without magic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when she's forced to train with Lord Rhyan Hart, the man she's secretly loved since she was a girl-a feared warrior in exile himself, forbidden to her in every way-she's in danger of losing far more than her family, life, and country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRebel forces, and an invading army, are destabilizing Bamaria, just as her family's secrets threaten to reveal themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSurviving the training, and saving her sisters may mean sacrificing her own heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSon of the Drowned Empire\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Treacherous Oath\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLord Rhyan Hart, Heir Apparent to the Arkasva, High Lord of Glemaria, Imperator to the North, has carried the weight of his title his entire life. But never has he felt it more than now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter sacrificing everything to protect the girl he loves, a shocking revelation endangers her again. The consequences stretch across the Empire and increase his father's power over him. Rhyan struggles to fight back, and protect his loved ones, but rising threats force new oaths to be sworn-oaths that could ruin everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Deadly Tournament\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the anniversary of the Imperator's rule approaches, he resurrects one of Glemaria's deadliest soturion traditions: the Alissedari. Soturi must enter the arena on gryphon back in a fight to the death. Rhyan knows he has no choice but to win, no matter the cost to his heart or soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Forbidden Love\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen evil invades Glemaria, the lines between friend and foe are blurred. Rhyan has always lived by his oaths. But the only way he can fulfill one oath is to forswear another, and the only way to save a life is to take someone else's. How can Rhyan tear the final rope apart to protect the girl he loves when he's not even sure what it means to be a soturion anymore, and every step he takes towards his love puts her in more danger?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e(Previously only available as a special edition)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frankie Diane Mallis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1957014164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781957014166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seven Queens Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 610\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.50d","brand":"Frankie Diane Mallis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48853013922047,"sku":"9781957014166","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-drowned-empire-duet-frankie-diane-mallis-9781957014166","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}