There Before the Chaos (The Farian War Book 1)

Name: There Before the Chaos (The Farian War Book 1)
Price: 13.16 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.4 (312 reviews)
Author: K. B. Wagers

by K. B. Wagers

Fantasy Science Fiction

4.4 (312)

4.4 stars from 312 reviews

393 pages~6.6 hr readPublished by Dreamscape MediaPublished 2018-01-01

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Perfect for you if...

You love sprawling space opera with a morally grey protagonist who's smarter than everyone else in the room.
You want epic stakes and intricate political scheming that doesn't require you to choose between action and character development.
You're after sci-fi that takes its world-building seriously but doesn't bog you down in exposition.

Maybe not for you if...

You prefer your sci-fi grounded and realistic, without alien species and galactic-scale politics.
You need your protagonists to be purely heroic or purely villainous, rather than living in the grey.
You want a standalone that wraps everything up neatly; this is book one of a trilogy.

About this book

Hail Bristol is a former runaway princess who became a galactic gunrunner and is positioned to become Empress of Indrana. When the Empire's closest ally requests her intervention in a military crisis, she undertakes a high-stakes diplomatic mission. Caught between two powerful alien civilizations in conflict, Hail has a single opportunity to broker peace. Failure would result in humanity becoming collateral damage in a full-scale galactic war. This is the first book in The Farian War trilogy.

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Currently 4.4★ from 312 reviews

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