The Forbidden City

  • Author Deborah A. Wolf
  • Narrator Natalie Naudus
  • Publisher Blackstone Publishing
  • Run Time 17 hours and 24 minutes
  • Format Audio
  • Genre Epic fantasy / heroic fantasy.
Get in the xigxag app
This book is not purchasable in your country. Please select another book.
Pre-order Buy Now £{{ price }}
How does xigxag pricing work?

Listen to a sample

What to expect

Sulema Ja’Akari is an elite warrior, one of the desert people known as the Zeeranim. She is also the daughter of the Dragon King of Atualon, whose magic is the only thing that prevents the earth dragon from waking. Should the dragon end her sleep, their world will be destroyed.

The Dragon King is dying. As heir to his throne, Sulema must be trained to take his place, yet the more she learns, the less she trusts the sinister agendas that surround her. Knowing that her life hangs in the balance, Sulema seeks to return to the Zeera.

Salvation may lie with her mother, Hafsa Azeina, who walks the dark and deadly pathways of the Dreaming Lands. To save her daughter, the dreamshifter will be forced to strike a pact with her greatest enemy, a huntress who would rather kill her than assist her.

Upheaval stretches far beyond Atualon—to the forbidden city of Khanbul where the emperor rules with an iron hand. An elite cadre of rebel conspirators chafes beneath his rule and plots to overthrow him.

Among them is Jian de Allyr, the half-dae prince born of a human mother and a twilight lord. If they are to challenge the emperor in his stronghold, however, Jian and his co-conspirators must secretly raise an army.

Critics Review

  • “The outcome will be world-shattering.”

    New York Journal of Books on The Dragon's Legacy

  • “The prose is as elegant and artful as the story is raw and bloody. This book will leave you ready for more.”

    Tea and Trifles

  • “Wolf’s lush and painterly prose is reminiscent of Jacqueline Carey, impelling the reader to savor every sight and sound and smell.”

    Katherine Kurtz, author of The Adept, praise for the series

  • “True epic fantasy … Carry you away to a world you’ll want to live in for a long, long time!”

    David Farland, author of The Runelords, praise for the series

More from the same

Author

Narrator

Subscribe to our newsletter

Sign up to get tailored content recommendations, product updates and info on new releases. Your data is your own: we commit to protect your data and respect your privacy.