Of Empires and Dust by Ryan Cahill

Author : Ryan Cahill

Book : Of Empires and Dust

/ Fantasy /

/The Bound and the Broken Book 4/

Publication date : March 31, 2025

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Blurb:

The balance of power in Epheria is shifting.

Gods are waking.

The world is burning.

Ashes and dust are all that will remain.

The Bound and The Broken continues this coming spring. Are you ready?

My thoughts:

How?!? I have absolutely no idea what magic (dark or otherwise😂👌) Ryan Cahill is using to give us masterpiece after masterpiece in this massive universe that is The Bound and the Broken 💜

I am literally speechless and an emotional mess after finishing this chonker of a book, and despite the length of it, I breezed through it like an absolute junkie craving more and definitely affected my sleep schedule😂🙈

In Of Empires and Dust we dive back right where we left in the previous book and there's absolute no mercy and rest for all the characters, and definitely it's the darkest book of the series and I think that's precisely why I love it so much. Combined with the incredible way Cahill makes all of his characters feel so real, it just grips you by the throat and doesn't let go, immersing you in all of their emotions—good or bad. I'm a hard audience to crack, but I swear this book made me cry like a newborn babe with such a strong emotional assault and I loved every second of it!😭

The way every little detail from the previous books gathered and clicked together was such a remarkable feeling, and what a splendid work he did weaving all this in the long run.

Battle scenes with epic proportions, but at the same time, I love how clear they are, and you can understand what is happening where in every moment, and that gives an even more spectacular feeling.

I've said it multiple times, and I'll say it again, that Ryan Cahill is an instant-buy author for me, and the love that he pours into his books shines in every line we read, making us fall in love over and over again.