Because her next novel, titled Song Like Silver, Flame Like Night, promises an even more complex, epic, and personal story than her previous trilogy. (Which is such a shame, as the series is excellent, and its heroine, the occasionally difficult Blood Affinite Anastacya Mikhailov, is one of the best we’ve seen in recent years.)īut, as Zhao gears up to launch her new Song of the Last Kingdom series in early 2023, there’s no time like the present to take note of her name. By the time the third book in the trilogy hit shelves last year-a bittersweet series ender that wrestled with complex ethical questions of corruption, leadership, and morality-it seemed its moment had passed. The launch of the first novel in the series was unfortunately overshadowed by a storm of vitriolic Twitter feuding and pre-release criticism that pushed its publication date back and likely prevented the book from garnering much of the initial attention it might have otherwise received. Amelie Wen Zhao’s Blood Heir trilogy deserved more praise and attention than it got.
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