The Magic Surrendered

The Magic Surrendered

Together they could heal the empire...or destroy it.
A short story about a brilliant mage and an insecure empress.

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About the Book

After generations of relentless expansion, the Empress Eleanor is ready to put her family’s habit for conquest behind her, content to cease her army’s forward march and solidify her position as the ruler of the territories already in her possession. But these countries her fathers conquered are eager to leave the Empire, and willing to resort to revolution.

Amalthea grew up poor, her homeland destitute after being invaded and occupied. But her new status as a citizen of the sparkling empire gives her access to the Academy of Mages. And the Empress. But once there, she defies their rules and pursues her own experiments with dangerous and forbidden magics. Despite this, she catches the Empress’s eye, and is soon the first official Imperial Scientist.

Together, the two have the power to sow cohesion, innovation, and improve the lives of everyone in the Empire, or they could obliterate any resistance at a perilous cost.


Main LGBTQIAP rep: Lesbian, bisexual

Support representation: Non-binary, gay, trans

Content warnings: Dysfunctional conflict in the main relationship, mentions of nuclear war, imperialism

Details
Author: Dax Murray
Genres: Bisexual/Biromantic, Fantasy, Lesbian, Short Reads
Publisher: Kraken Collective Books
Publication Year: 2017
Narrator: Sydney Beck
Illustrator: Laya Rose
ASIN: B01MS9NU7F
eBook Price: 0.99
Audiobook Price: 3.99
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