The Last Uncharted Sky
Book 3 of The Risen Kingdoms
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Publisher Description
The Three Musketeers meets Jules Verne in Curtis Craddock's The Last Uncharted Sky, the concluding novel in the critically-acclaimed high fantasy Risen Kingdoms series, an engrossing tale of courtly intrigue and breathtaking magic.
Isabelle and Jean-Claude undertake an airship expedition to recover a fabled treasure and claim a hitherto undiscovered craton for l'Empire Celeste. But Isabelle, as a result from a previous attack that tried to subsume her body and soul, suffers from increasingly disturbing and disruptive hallucinations. Disasters are compounded when the ship is sabotaged by an enemy agent, and Jean-Claude is separated from the expedition.
In a race against time, Isabelle must figure out how to ward off her ailment before it destroys her and reunite with Jean-Claude to seek the fabled treasure as ancient secrets and a royal conspiracy threaten to undo the entire realm.
“A gripping tale of a woman who refuses to be defined by her physical and magical limitations, thwarting both assassins and all who see her as a pawn. A great read!”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, on An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors
The Risen Kingdoms series
#1 An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors
#2 A Labyrinth of Scions and Sorcery
#3 The Last Uncharted Sky
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The triumphant finale to Craddock's swashbuckling Risen Kingdoms trilogy (after A Labyrinth of Scions and Sorcery) takes the series to new heights. Musketeer Jean-Claude and sorcerer Isabelle, a newly minted airship captain serving l'Empire Celeste, launch a perilous expedition to the highest point of their world, into the Twilight Latitudes and through the Bittergale. The explorers hope to find a wrecked flagship rumored to contain "the treasure of a century in coin and plunder," but they also have a less mercenary objective: the foundation of a new colony built on the principles of observation and experiment. Their journey is made more perilous by the results of an experiment done on Isabelle's brain in a previous book, which left her with "a gibbering mob of other people's memories" that cause her to hallucinate. The sophisticated, action-packed plot is rendered in vivid prose and enhanced by philosophical and spiritual questions as the richly imagined world wrestles with the concept of a religious savior. Craddock's superior worldbuilding sweats the small stuff, including juicy details that make this world feel lived-in. This is a spectacular series ender.
Customer Reviews
A terrific conclusion!
This book was a joy to read. It was a deft conclusion of the story, full of swashbuckling daring-do, (aero)nautical adventure, sorcery, and wonderful characters. Many twists, turns, and surprises both baleful and wondrous. I definitely would enjoy more stories in this setting, but am satisfied if this is indeed the end.