Marilia, the Warlord
By Morgan Cole
5/5
()
About this ebook
"Morgan has written a masterpiece, one that is movie-worthy." Reader's Favorite.com.
"Marilia: strong-willed, erudite and fallible. Cole has delivered a heroine so humbly human I found pleasure in reading fantasy again." Kristiana Reed, author of Between the Trees, Poetry and Prose, Reedsy.com.
"Marilia is a more sophisticated, more believable version of Mulan. The prose is polished and the world is rich with lush details. Well done!" Karen Azinger, author of the Steel & Silk saga.
Marilia, the Warlord is the first part in The Chrysathamere Trilogy, a Game-of-Thrones-style saga of love, war, revenge, and the twists of fate that turned two siblings—once so close they would have died for each other—into the bitterest of enemies, each determined to send the other to the grave.
Born the bastard daughter of a painted lady, Marilia was told she would live out her days within the walls of her mother’s brothel, a companion for the rich men of Tyrace. But after a terrible betrayal, ten-year-old Marilia’s world turns upside down. With the help of her twin brother, Annuweth, she flees the only home she’s ever known in search of the one man who can offer her a chance at a better life: one of her deceased father’s friends, the Emperor of Navessea’s greatest general.
What follows is a journey spanning years, from the streets of the desert city of Tyracium to the splendor of the emperor’s keep and the wind-swept, wild island of Svartennos. Along the way, Marilia discovers, for the first time, the gift she has for strategy and warfare—a world that is forbidden to girls like her.
When the empire is threatened by a foreign invasion, the defense of Navessea is left in the hands of a cruel and arrogant general no match for the empire's foes. With the fate of her new home and the woman she loves hanging in the balance, Marilia—now a young woman—swears to use all her courage and cunning to help repel the enemy.
The struggle that follows will test her to her core and lead her back to the past she thought she had escaped. Facing treachery within her own ranks as well as a devious enemy commander, Marilia will need all the help she can get, even if it means doing something her brother may never forgive—making a pact with the man who murdered her father.
Morgan Cole
Bureaucrat by day, fantasy author by night, I began my writing career with several highly questionable life choices, such as a major in history and creative writing that was meant to lead to a glorious career as a fantasy author but instead led to the world of unpaid internships, minimum wage jobs, and a dingy, lightless apartment in small-town Ohio. I suppose I took all those motivational posters about shooting for the moon and landing among the stars far too seriously. Eventually, I decided to pursue an alternative career path (that actually allows me to pay rent) and to write my books on the side. Growing up, my father instilled in me a passion for ancient Greek and Roman history (especially all the battles!), while my brother helped immerse me in the imaginative worlds of Morrowind and Middle Earth. All those influences are very much present in my writing.
Read more from Morgan Cole
The Queen of Wind and Sunlight Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Marilia, the Warlord
Titles in the series (3)
Marilia, the Warlord Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Empire of Jackals Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Children of Jade Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related ebooks
Empire of Jackals Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Labyrinth Gate Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Echoes Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Children of Jade Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Shatter the Sky Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Phoenix Empress Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Secrets of the Sands Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Thronebreakers Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Towers Fall: Towers Trilogy Book Three Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Rightful Queen: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Star's End Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Indigo Springs Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Manticore's Vow: and Other Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Storm the Earth Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Silver to the Heart: Light of Adua, #1 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Blackwood Marauders: Blackwood Marauders, #1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDefiant: Towers Trilogy Book Two Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Spark to Shadow Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Winterglass: Her Pitiless Command, #1 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Silence of Medair (Medair Part 1) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Novels of the Jaran: Jaran, An Earthly Crown, His Conquering Sword, and The Law of Becoming Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Lady Hotspur Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5After-Swarm Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Tiger's Daughter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Air Logic: An Elemental Logic Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Heron Kings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Tale of Ak and Humanity: A Tor.com Original Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSilver Phoenix Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Towers, the Moon Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Warrior of the Third Veil Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Fantasy For You
This Is How You Lose the Time War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Stories of Ray Bradbury Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Assassin and the Desert: A Throne of Glass Novella Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The City of Dreaming Books Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Assassin and the Pirate Lord: A Throne of Glass Novella Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Piranesi Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tress of the Emerald Sea: Secret Projects, #1 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Priory of the Orange Tree Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Labyrinth of Dreaming Books: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fellowship Of The Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Picture of Dorian Gray (The Original 1890 Uncensored Edition + The Expanded and Revised 1891 Edition) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Silmarillion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Don Quixote: [Complete & Illustrated] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fairy Tale Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Assassin and the Underworld: A Throne of Glass Novella Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wizard's First Rule Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Assassin and the Empire: A Throne of Glass Novella Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Immortal Longings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Phantom Tollbooth Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sarah J. Maas: Series Reading Order - with Summaries & Checklist Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Titus Groan Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mistborn: Secret History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Warrior of the Light: A Manual Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Marilia, the Warlord
4 ratings0 reviews