Blood of the Mantis

Fiction Science Fiction Adventure Fiction

Description

After the siege of Collegium, Stenwold Maker and his allies must navigate shifting loyalties and dangerous political fault lines as the Wasp Empire tightens its grip. Sent to the city of Solarno, Cheerwell and Nero join forces with the fly-kinden pilot Taki, where survival depends on outmaneuvering an empire that treats conquest as inevitability. As they pursue a mysterious Shadow Box, the mission becomes a high-stakes test of trust, strategy, and the cost of power in a world shaped by insect-kind evolution. Adrian Tchaikovsky’s signature blend of kinetic action, intricate worldbuilding, and morally complex alliances drives this installment of the Shadows of the Apt series toward bigger revelations and sharper conflicts.