26 Best high fantasy books like The Bloody Throne (Hostage of Empire, #3) by S.C. Emmett

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The Bloody Throne (Hostage of Empire, #3)

By: S.C. Emmett

4.17

Format: 617 pages, Paperback

"Intricate, elegant and sharp as a blade―sweeping political fantasy at its finest." ―Tasha Suri, au…

If you liked the high fantasy plot in The Bloody Throne (Hostage of Empire, #3) by S.C. Emmett , here is a list of 26 books like this:

1. Wake of Vultures (The Shadow, #1)

By: Lila Bowen

4.50

Format: 191 pages, Hardcover

A rich, dark fantasy of destiny, death and the supernatural world hiding beneath the surface. Netti… read more

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2. The Obsidian Tower (Rooks and Ruin, #1)

By: Melissa Caruso

3.83

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

The mage-marked granddaughter of a ruler of Vaskandar, Ryx was destined for power and prestige at t… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Caruso's The Obsidian Tower (Rooks and Ruin, #1) book and S.C. Emmett's The Bloody Throne (Hostage of Empire, #3)

  • fantasy
  • science fiction fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Ivory Tomb (Rooks and Ruin, #3) by Melissa Caruso

3. The Ivory Tomb (Rooks and Ruin, #3)

By: Melissa Caruso

4.34

Format: 528 pages, Kindle Edition

The Ivory Tomb concludes the wildly original epic fantasy series bursting with intrigue and ambitio… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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4. The Quicksilver Court (Rooks and Ruin, #2)

By: Melissa Caruso

4.21

Format: 559 pages, Kindle Edition

The Quicksilver Court continues the wildly original epic fantasy series bursting with intrigue and … read more

Similar categories in Melissa Caruso's The Quicksilver Court (Rooks and Ruin, #2) book and S.C. Emmett's The Bloody Throne (Hostage of Empire, #3)

  • fantasy
  • science fiction fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Grief of Stones  (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #2) by Katherine Addison

5. The Grief of Stones (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #2)

By: Katherine Addison

4.32

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

In The Grief of Stones, Katherine Addison returns to the world of The Goblin Emperor with a direct … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Addison's The Grief of Stones (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #2) book and S.C. Emmett's The Bloody Throne (Hostage of Empire, #3)

  • fantasy
  • science fiction fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Silverblood Promise (The Last Legacy, #1) by James   Logan

6. The Silverblood Promise (The Last Legacy, #1)

By: James Logan

4.02

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

Lukan Gardova is a cardsharp, academy dropout, and―thanks to a duel that ended badly―the disgraced … read more

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  • fantasy
  • science fiction fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
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7. The Trials of Empire (Empire of the Wolf, #3)

By: Richard Swan

4.11

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

The third novel in an epic fantasy trilogy, which follows the tale of Sir Konrad Vonvalt, an Empero… read more

Similar categories in Richard Swan's The Trials of Empire (Empire of the Wolf, #3) book and S.C. Emmett's The Bloody Throne (Hostage of Empire, #3)

  • fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
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8. The Justice of Kings (Empire of the Wolf, #1)

By: Richard Swan

4.01

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

Action, intrigue, and magic collide in this epic fantasy following Sir Konrad Vonvalt, an Emperor's… read more

Similar categories in Richard Swan's The Justice of Kings (Empire of the Wolf, #1) book and S.C. Emmett's The Bloody Throne (Hostage of Empire, #3)

  • fantasy
  • science fiction fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
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9. The Tyranny of Faith (Empire of the Wolf, #2)

By: Richard Swan

4.30

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

From a major new debut author in epic fantasy comes the second book in a trilogy where action, intr… read more

Similar categories in Richard Swan's The Tyranny of Faith (Empire of the Wolf, #2) book and S.C. Emmett's The Bloody Throne (Hostage of Empire, #3)

  • fantasy
  • science fiction fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
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10. The Warden (The Warden, #1)

By: Daniel M. Ford

3.83

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

A Most Anticipated Book of the Year for GoodReads and FanfiAddict A Best Science Fiction & Fantasy… read more

Similar categories in Daniel M. Ford's The Warden (The Warden, #1) book and S.C. Emmett's The Bloody Throne (Hostage of Empire, #3)

  • fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying (Dark Lord Davi, #1) by Django Wexler

11. How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying (Dark Lord Davi, #1)

By: Django Wexler

3.77

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Groundhog Day meets Guardians of the Galaxy in Django Wexler’s laugh-out-loud fantasy tale about a … read more

Similar categories in Django Wexler's How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying (Dark Lord Davi, #1) book and S.C. Emmett's The Bloody Throne (Hostage of Empire, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Witness for the Dead (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #1) by Katherine Addison

12. The Witness for the Dead (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #1)

By: Katherine Addison

4.11

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

Katherine Addison returns to the glittering world she created for her beloved novel, 'The Goblin Em… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Addison's The Witness for the Dead (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #1) book and S.C. Emmett's The Bloody Throne (Hostage of Empire, #3)

  • fantasy
  • science fiction fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
"I’ll have to tell my mother that being gaudy has its uses"

-Katherine Addison, The Witness for the Dead (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #1)

Cover of The Oleander Sword (The Burning Kingdoms, #2) by Tasha Suri

13. The Oleander Sword (The Burning Kingdoms, #2)

By: Tasha Suri

4.34

Format: 512 pages, Kindle Edition

"Alluring, action-packed, and gut-wrenching," (Publishers Weekly, starred review), The Oleander Swo… read more

Similar categories in Tasha Suri's The Oleander Sword (The Burning Kingdoms, #2) book and S.C. Emmett's The Bloody Throne (Hostage of Empire, #3)

  • fantasy
  • science fiction fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
"Malini, she wanted to say. Wanted to shape that name in her mouth."

-Tasha Suri, The Oleander Sword (The Burning Kingdoms, #2)

"How can you trust me not to ruin everything? Who else do I have to trust but you, Pri?"

-Tasha Suri, The Oleander Sword (The Burning Kingdoms, #2)

"You are like ink, Malini thought hopelessly. Ink, and all I want is to make poetry of you."

-Tasha Suri, The Oleander Sword (The Burning Kingdoms, #2)

"I miss you, she thought, speaking to nothing in the quiet of her heart. I will always miss you."

-Tasha Suri, The Oleander Sword (The Burning Kingdoms, #2)

Cover of The Liar’s Knot (Rook & Rose, #2) by M.A. Carrick

14. The Liar’s Knot (Rook & Rose, #2)

By: M.A. Carrick

4.46

Format: 629 pages, Paperback

Trust is the thread that binds us . . . and the rope that hangs us. In Nadezra, peace is as ten… read more

Similar categories in M.A. Carrick's The Liar’s Knot (Rook & Rose, #2) book and S.C. Emmett's The Bloody Throne (Hostage of Empire, #3)

  • fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Mask of Mirrors (Rook & Rose, #1) by M.A. Carrick

15. The Mask of Mirrors (Rook & Rose, #1)

By: M.A. Carrick

4.04

Format: 630 pages, Paperback

Fortune favors the bold. Magic favors the liars. Ren is a con artist who has come to the sparkli… read more

Similar categories in M.A. Carrick's The Mask of Mirrors (Rook & Rose, #1) book and S.C. Emmett's The Bloody Throne (Hostage of Empire, #3)

  • fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
"Trust is the thread that binds us... and the rope that hangs us."

-M.A. Carrick, The Mask of Mirrors (Rook & Rose, #1)

Cover of Labyrinth's Heart (Rook & Rose, #3) by M.A. Carrick

16. Labyrinth's Heart (Rook & Rose, #3)

By: M.A. Carrick

4.28

Format: 688 pages, ebook

“Lush, engrossing and full of mystery and dark magic" ( BookPage ), Labyrinth's Heart is the thrill… read more

Similar categories in M.A. Carrick's Labyrinth's Heart (Rook & Rose, #3) book and S.C. Emmett's The Bloody Throne (Hostage of Empire, #3)

  • fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Locklands (The Founders Trilogy, #3) by Robert Jackson Bennett

17. Locklands (The Founders Trilogy, #3)

By: Robert Jackson Bennett

4.04

Format: 544 pages, Kindle Edition

A god wages war—using all of humanity as its pawns—in the unforgettable conclusion to the Founders … read more

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  • fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
"It'll just go on. More fixes gone awry. The mad pride of men who think themselves engineers of all creation."

-Robert Jackson Bennett, Locklands (The Founders Trilogy, #3)

"No. There are people in this world who learned the lessons I never did, the lessons that our son has learned all too late - that you are right. There is no magic fix. That a better world can only be …"

-Robert Jackson Bennett, Locklands (The Founders Trilogy, #3)

Cover of The Discord of Gods (A Chorus of Dragons, #5) by Jenn Lyons

18. The Discord of Gods (A Chorus of Dragons, #5)

By: Jenn Lyons

4.38

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The Discord of Gods marks the epic conclusion to Jenn Lyons's Chorus of Dragon series, closing out … read more

Similar categories in Jenn Lyons's The Discord of Gods (A Chorus of Dragons, #5) book and S.C. Emmett's The Bloody Throne (Hostage of Empire, #3)

  • fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Agrippina: Empress, Exile, Hustler, Whore by Emma Southon

19. Agrippina: Empress, Exile, Hustler, Whore

By: Emma Southon

4.22

Format: 285 pages, None

They said she was a tyrant. A murderer, and the most wicked woman in history. She kicked her way… read more

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20. Empire of Sand (The Books of Ambha, #1)

By: Tasha Suri

3.83

Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition

A nobleman’s daughter with magic in her blood. An empire built on the dreams of enslaved gods. Empi… read more

Similar categories in Tasha Suri's Empire of Sand (The Books of Ambha, #1) book and S.C. Emmett's The Bloody Throne (Hostage of Empire, #3)

  • fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
"No vow, no matter what it compels from me, will be more important than the one I’ve made to love you."

-Tasha Suri, Empire of Sand (The Books of Ambha, #1)

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21. Gods of the Wyrdwood (Forsaken, #1)

By: R.J. Barker

4.10

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

In a world locked in eternal winter and haunted by prophecy, a young boy trains for years to become… read more

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  • fantasy
  • science fiction fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Memory of Souls (A Chorus of Dragons, #3) by Jenn Lyons

22. The Memory of Souls (A Chorus of Dragons, #3)

By: Jenn Lyons

4.29

Format: 636 pages, Hardcover

The Memory of Souls is the third epic fantasy in Jenn Lyons’ Chorus of Dragons series. THE LONGE… read more

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  • fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
"You're bleeding", I said. "I'd quite brilliantly tucked a tagger into my belt, you see," Thurvishar explained. " So when the kraken grabbed me..." He looked pale. "In hindsight, that may have been a …"

-Jenn Lyons, The Memory of Souls (A Chorus of Dragons, #3)

"It felt like nighttime. It felt like those early-morning hours when inhibitions hide and the surreal gossamer of if-onlys and possibility--so clumsy and fragile by daylight--transform into action. We…"

-Jenn Lyons, The Memory of Souls (A Chorus of Dragons, #3)

Cover of The Name of All Things (A Chorus of Dragons, #2) by Jenn Lyons

23. The Name of All Things (A Chorus of Dragons, #2)

By: Jenn Lyons

4.06

Format: 589 pages, Hardcover

You can have everything you want if you sacrifice everything you believe. Kihrin D'Mon is a wan… read more

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  • fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
"She defined the meter by which he measured all beauty."

-Jenn Lyons, The Name of All Things (A Chorus of Dragons, #2)

"If you hear my dying screams, avenge me." Star shrugged. "Not sure how. You're the one with the fancy sword."

-Jenn Lyons, The Name of All Things (A Chorus of Dragons, #2)

"I've been through and seen a lot. I'm a master at accepting the impossible." "The way your hands are shaking suggests otherwise."

-Jenn Lyons, The Name of All Things (A Chorus of Dragons, #2)

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24. A Flame in the North (Black Land's Bane, #1)

By: Lilith Saintcrow

3.58

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

An elemental witch and her shieldmaiden journey into a world of ancient myth and unexpected destiny… read more

Similar categories in Lilith Saintcrow's A Flame in the North (Black Land's Bane, #1) book and S.C. Emmett's The Bloody Throne (Hostage of Empire, #3)

  • fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of We Ride the Storm (The Reborn Empire, #1) by Devin Madson

25. We Ride the Storm (The Reborn Empire, #1)

By: Devin Madson

3.84

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

In the midst of a burgeoning war, a warrior, an assassin, and a princess chase their own ambitions … read more

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  • fantasy
  • science fiction fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
"Once drawn, a sword must taste blood or be forfeit. That was our law, our code, and these were easy kills."

-Devin Madson, We Ride the Storm (The Reborn Empire, #1)

"We are the Swords that hunts so your hands may be clean. We are the Swords that kill so your soul may be light. We are the Swords that die so you may live."

-Devin Madson, We Ride the Storm (The Reborn Empire, #1)

"Do not make assumptions about things you know nothing about. An emperor serves his people. The day the people serve the emperor is the day the empire falls. Remember that, Miko, if nothing else. War …"

-Devin Madson, We Ride the Storm (The Reborn Empire, #1)

Cover of Realm of Ash (The Books of Ambha, #2) by Tasha Suri

26. Realm of Ash (The Books of Ambha, #2)

By: Tasha Suri

4.00

Format: 480 pages, ebook

The fate of an empire rests in the hands of a young woman with magical blood and nothing left to lo… read more

Similar categories in Tasha Suri's Realm of Ash (The Books of Ambha, #2) book and S.C. Emmett's The Bloody Throne (Hostage of Empire, #3)

  • fantasy
  • science fiction fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
"I am afraid for you!"

-Tasha Suri, Realm of Ash (The Books of Ambha, #2)

Cover of Empire of Exiles (Books of the Usurper, #1) by Erin M. Evans

27. Empire of Exiles (Books of the Usurper, #1)

By: Erin M. Evans

3.99

Format: 378 pages, Paperback

Magic, mystery, and revolution collide in this fantasy epic where an unlikely team of mages, scribe… read more

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  • fantasy
  • science fiction fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The House of Always (A Chorus of Dragons, #4) by Jenn Lyons

28. The House of Always (A Chorus of Dragons, #4)

By: Jenn Lyons

4.15

Format: 523 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Brandon Sanderson and Patrick Rothfuss, The House of Always is the fourth epic fantasy … read more

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  • fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
"He still looked at me like I was every sunrise the world had ever seen."

-Jenn Lyons, The House of Always (A Chorus of Dragons, #4)

"Of course, Blue. I'm sure I can find something to discuss with Taunna and Eledore. The magnificence of my breasts, if all else fails"

-Jenn Lyons, The House of Always (A Chorus of Dragons, #4)

"But know this - even though I have lived a life as full of thin, small regrets as a cherry blossom is full of petals in the spring, this will be my largest: that I could not be with you, right then, …"

-Jenn Lyons, The House of Always (A Chorus of Dragons, #4)

Cover of Legacy of Ash (Legacy Trilogy, #1) by Matthew      Ward

29. Legacy of Ash (Legacy Trilogy, #1)

By: Matthew Ward

3.95

Format: 800 pages, Kindle Edition

Legacy of Ash is an unmissable fantasy debut--an epic tale of intrigue and revolution, soldiers and… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Ward's Legacy of Ash (Legacy Trilogy, #1) book and S.C. Emmett's The Bloody Throne (Hostage of Empire, #3)

  • fantasy
  • science fiction fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Bloody Throne (Hostage of Empire, #3) by S.C. Emmett

30. The Bloody Throne (Hostage of Empire, #3)

By: S.C. Emmett

4.17

Format: 617 pages, Paperback

"Intricate, elegant and sharp as a blade―sweeping political fantasy at its finest." ―Tasha Suri, au… read more

Similar categories in S.C. Emmett's The Bloody Throne (Hostage of Empire, #3) book and S.C. Emmett's The Bloody Throne (Hostage of Empire, #3)

  • historical fantasy
  • science fiction fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Fall of Waterstone (Black Land's Bane, #2) by Lilith Saintcrow

31. The Fall of Waterstone (Black Land's Bane, #2)

By: Lilith Saintcrow

4.24

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

An elemental witch and her shieldmaiden navigate a dangerous world of forgotten myth and deep magic… read more

Similar categories in Lilith Saintcrow's The Fall of Waterstone (Black Land's Bane, #2) book and S.C. Emmett's The Bloody Throne (Hostage of Empire, #3)

  • fantasy

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Melissa Caruso

3.83

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Melissa Caruso

4.34

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Melissa Caruso

4.21

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4.19

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Luke Scull

3.50

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David Wong

3.88

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James Logan

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