Heirs of the Blade

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The greatest foe is the enemy within . . .


Heirs of the Blade is the seventh book in the critically acclaimed epic fantasy series Shadows of the Apt by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

Tynisa is on the run, but she cannot escape the demons of her own mind. Amidst the fragmenting provinces of the Dragonfly Commonweal, her past will at last catch up with her. Her father's ghost is hunting her down.

At the same time, the Wasp Empire seeks to conquer the city of Khanaphes, the fallen jewel of the ancient world. Whilst Empress Seda's soldiers seek only conquest and prestige, she sees herself as the heir to all the old powers of history, and has her eyes on a far greater prize.

Heirs of the Blade is followed by the eighth book in the Shadows of the Apt series, The Air War.

The entire series is narrated by Ben Allen (Alien Clay). Listeners love the series in audio:

‘Fantastic narration that really got you to imagine this amazing world’

‘You get consumed into the world and its characters’

‘The characters are distinct with masterful accents’

‘The narration and sound design is jaw-dropping’

‘Ben Allen's narration was frankly phenomenal all the way through’

Critics Review

Brimming with imagination
SciFiNow
The Shadows of the Apt series is simply one of the best epic fantasy series out there
LEC Book Reviews
Super worldbuilding, great characters and extreme inventiveness
Fantasy Book Critic
Epic fantasy at its best. Gripping, original and multi-layered storytelling from a writer bursting with lots of fascinating ideas
Walker of Worlds
Full of sparking, speculative innovation
Stephen Baxter, author of the Xeelee Sequence, on The Doors of Eden
Breathtaking scope and vision. Adrian Tchaikovsky is one of our finest writers
Gareth Powell, author of Embers of War, on Children of Ruin
A joy from start to finish. Entertaining, smart, surprising and unexpectedly human
Patrick Ness, author of The Knife of Never Letting Go, on Children of Time

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