{"product_id":"conquerors-r-d-villam-9798270533625","title":"Conquerors: Rise of the Emperor: An Epic Military Fantasy Saga","description":"\u003cp\u003eGenerations before the Northmen's king, on the southern continent, the nomadic Elniri gather for a Great Hunt-and a reckoning. Three young leaders step forward-Anthravai, the battle-hardened warrior with a wolf's stare; Vyndassi, a precise thinker whose compassion keeps colliding with conquest; and Thorsti, a brilliant, volatile rider who believes problems end where his blade does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong before armies march, a cliff opens Anthravai's life: he loses his brother to the sea and, years later, frees a mysterious woman sealed in the rock. Whether goddess, witch, or the oldest kind of secret, she tempts destiny into his camp and steadies his gaze on a crown no tribe has ever worn. From that haunted cliff the path tilts north. The Gathering ignites the Elniri under his banner. A monster hunt becomes a manifesto: if fear rules nations, the Elniri will master fear. Harbors burn, palaces break, and kings die.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA quieter battle sharpens: Anthravai's conviction that destiny is a road he will ride to its end; Vyndassi's belief that an empire that survives must be worth surviving in; and Thorsti's grief-hardened certainty that mercy breeds revolt. Around them, oaths are spoken (and broken), a vow of marriage becomes a war-cry, and old legends breathe through living trees. Between omens and ambushes, vows and betrayals, the brothers-in-arms must decide what kind of empire they're building-and what price they'll pay to keep it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eConquerors: Rise of the Emperor\u003c\/b\u003e opens with a hunt and drives headlong into siege, sea battles, and council-chamber brinkmanship. It is the story of a conquest that tests its conquerors-of gods older than rumor, trees that remember, and a leader who believes the world will bow... if he can hold his brothers together long enough to claim it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers of John Gwynne, Joe Abercrombie, and R.F. Kuang, \u003cb\u003eConquerors\u003c\/b\u003e blends epic military fantasy with sea-borne invasions, brutal sieges, and morally gray leaders bound by blood-oaths and prophecy. Expect visceral cavalry charges and a wolf-banner warlord chasing a destiny older than gods-balanced by a strategist who wonders what kind of empire deserves to endure. If you crave sweeping worldbuilding, ruthless politics, and the ache of hard-won loyalty, raise the Wolf Banner and begin the conquest today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e R. D. Villam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798270533625\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.05d","brand":"R. D. Villam","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49170653643007,"sku":"9798270533625","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/conquerors-r-d-villam-9798270533625","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}