If you’ve been around fantasy circles for the last year or so, you’ve probably seen a fair amount of praise for Devin Madson and her amazing epic fantasy, We Ride the Storm. Orbit books have recently acquired the rights to Storm and have re-published it (gorgeous new cover and all), with the ebook available now and the paperback coming in June.
But Storm is only the first in the four-book Reborn Empire series. Book two, We Lie with Death, isn’t too far away, and we have the privilege of revealing its cover:
Look at how striking that is!
Illustrator Nico Delort and designer Lisa Marie Pompilio combined to bring us this stunning piece of art, and you should be sure to follow them on Twitter at @nicodelort & @vonbrooklyn, and on Instagram at @nicodelort & @von_brooklyn.
We also have a very exciting blurb to share with you, but please do note that the following does contain some spoilers for We Ride the Storm. So if you’d rather avoid those and learn some more about the first book in this series, just scroll past the italicised text below.
For everybody else, here’s a tease of what we can look forward to in We Lie with Death:
The empire has fallen and another rises in its place in the action-packed sequel to Devin Madson’s epic fantasy, We Ride the Storm.
Into Kisia’s conquered north, a Levanti empire is born.
Loyal to the new emperor, Dishiva e’Jaroven must tread the line between building a new life and clinging to the old. But his next choice will challenge all she thinks she knows and everything she wants to believe.
Now empress of nothing, Miko is more determined than ever to claim her empire, yet as her hunt for allies grows increasingly desperate, she may learn too late that power lies not in names but in people.
Abandoned by the Second Swords, Rah must choose a new path. Will honor be his salvation, or lead to his destruction?
Sold to the Witchdoctor, Cassandra’s only chance of freedom is in his hands, but when her fate becomes inextricably linked to Empress Hana, her true nature could condemn them both.
There is no calm after the storm.
We Lie with Death is scheduled to go on sale on the 12th of January 2021 in the UK and January 14th 2021 in the US.
If you’re wondering if you should get stuck into the first book of the Reborn Empire (and you should), then here’s the author’s description of We Ride the Storm in her own words:
To speak personally for a bit, many of us at the Inn are huge fans of Devin Madson. We were thrilled to see Orbit obtain the rights, and can’t wait for you guys to see just how wonderful these books are. We encourage you to check them out.
We Ride the Storm is available in ebook now, and releases in paperback on June 23rd 2020 in the US, and June 25th 2020 in the UK.
Additional links:
- Our review for We Ride the Storm (the self-published edition)
- Our interview with Devin Madson
- We Ride the Storm on Goodreads
- Devin Madson on Twitter / Instagram / YouTube
