Queen of Chaos

Written by Kat Ross

Narrated by Piper Goodeve

As the dark forces of the Undead sweep across what remains of the empire, Nazafareen must obey the summons of a demon queen to save Darius's father, Victor. Burdened with a power she doesn't understand and can barely control, Nazafareen embarks on a perilous journey through the shadowlands to the House-Behind-the-Veil. But what awaits her there is worse than she ever imagined . . .

A thousand leagues away, Tijah leads a group of children on a desperate mission to rescue the prisoners at Gorgon-e Gaz, the stronghold where the oldest daevas are kept. To get there, they must cross the Great Salt Plain, a parched ruin occupied by the armies of the night. A chance encounter adds a ghost from the past to their number. But will they arrive in time to avert a massacre?

And in the House-Behind-the-Veil, Balthazar and the Prophet Zarathustra discover that they have more in common than meets the eye. But is it enough to salvage the necromancer's bloodstained soul and thwart his mistress's plans?

As a final showdown looms between Alexander the Great and Queen Neblis, the truth of the daevas' origins is revealed and three worlds collide in this thrilling conclusion to the Fourth Element series.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Jul 20, 2017
• ISBN: 9781541474062

Kat Ross

Kat Ross worked as a journalist at the United Nations for ten years before happily falling back into what she likes best: making stuff up. She's the author of the new Lingua Magika trilogy, the Fourth Element and Fourth Talisman historical fantasy series, the Gaslamp Gothic paranormal mysteries, and the dystopian thriller Some Fine Day. She loves myths, monsters and doomsday scenarios. Come visit her at www.katrossbooks.com!

Reviews for Queen of Chaos

[alysinbookland · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Queen of Chaos is a richly imagined, intensely engaging and simply inspiring novel.On this last book of the Fourth Element series, we will already know where Daevas really came from, how Neblis was able to create those evil druj, and how Nazafareen have that power just like the Prophet. Aside from those, we will also see what happened to Victor on his journey to Neblis’ kingdom and what happened to Tijah and the children daevas she was with when Nazafareen and Darius leave them to follow the Prophet.This book answered all my questions on the first two books in the series. This was one of the best series so far that I really liked and the author writing skills just contributed on it. The way she wrote it, just like what I’ve said on my last review, was great. It really helped that the author could write a story that will show you the story itself by describing its vast world and characters and even showing you the emotions of each characters. I also like how each scenes were all connected on the previous scenes from the last two books. So, if you’ve read the first book and you’ve got lot of questions about it, then I really suggest that you finish it until this novel so you wouldn’t be left wondering.Another thing I’ve liked on this series was the added themes and how I could read those nice bits of history here.The characters never failed to amuse me. On this book, I’ve got to learn the history of some characters and learning about it was fascinating. When I’ve read those part that showed their past, I was really surprised on how it all make sense.I just didn’t like how it ended as there was so much to tell us but I was glad to know that everything would not really end on this book. I’m happy to know that there would be another book that would show how the adventure of Tijah and her company will go and what happened to Culach and the other characters.I am really suggesting for you to read this series because this will definitely make you like the world I’ve entered. This wonderfully written book will just stay with you until the last page.Disclaimer: I received a free review copy from the author via Xpresso Book Tours.

[rosenectur · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Queen of Chaos picks up right where Blood of the Prophet left off (These books are so fast paced and each picks up where the previous left off and I recommend reading them all back-to-back.) Our hero’s are scattered after the fall of Xeros’ empire to Alexander. Tijan and a group of daēvas children travel across a barren landscape ravaged by the hordes of undead from Bactria. Nazafareen and Darius travel into the dominion searching after Victor, and eventually they get separated too. The tight group of former Water Dogs is no more, and each must find there own way in a world in chaos.You really need to read the first two books to be invested enough in this world to understand all the thread and currents in The Queen of Chaos. The story is complicated without being convoluted, and I think that’s really an accomplishment. Too many modern fantasy stories think they have to be so expansive, with so many characters, and so much going on that the reader can easily loose some of the threads or become disinterested. (I’m reading another series right now and the final book it giving me this exact problem, there is so much going on I can hardly keep it all straight and it spends a lot of time on story lines that don’t seem to be moving the plot forward.) Ross keeps this the book balanced while moving the action forward.There are several character development twist that came to me a quite a pleasant surprise. Without giving away any spoilers, the way things work out between Nazafareen and Neblis really caught my interest. It could have easily fallen into a fantasy troupe, but not only did it get turned on it’s head, the whole way things worked out for the bad guys was atypical, and I enjoyed that.Of course, there are new monsters, big battles, and plenty of action in the book too.Bottom Line:Wow! Kat Ross knows how to write an epic.The twists and turns the books takes as it leads up to the final conflicts swept me along. The world of the Forth Element yielded up some more of it’s secrets, but not all. It left me wanting more. Wanting to dig deeper and spend more time in the fantasy version of Persia that Ross built up.I highly recommend this series.I received this book free though Xpresso Book Tours.