Realm Breaker is an action-packed and full of lethal surprises series, this stunning new Fantasy series from Victoria Aveyard, #1 The New York Times bestselling author of the Red Queen (novel), begins where hope is lost and asks: When the heroes have fallen, who will take up the sword?^[1][4]

When the realm is in danger, only a small band of misfits can save Allward.

An in medias res prologue, told from the point of view of the lone squire accompanying the 12 Companions of the Realm, tosses readers into the thick of a quest.

Half the Companions are human heroes and half are immortal Elders; they seek to stop a rogue thief and his wizard accomplice from using a magical Spindle to tear a passage between worlds for nefarious ends.

A disastrous battle sends squire Andry fleeing with Cortael’s sword so villain Taristan can’t get his hands on it.

Grieving Elder Dom requires both a person of Corblood (a descendant of human travelers from another realm) and the Spindleblade Andry protects to stop Taristan from bringing ruin to the realm.

Dom seeks Cortael’s secret daughter, Corayne, a bright but sheltered teenager with a pirate mother.

At times the narrative tension is undermined by flashbacks that readers already know the conclusions to and by occasional repetition caused by the multiple point-of-view jumps, but there’s a wide variety of action scenes, daring escapes, and betrayals.

Many tropes and character types are familiar, but exquisite descriptions and clashing motivations result in a nuanced, sprawling realm with a sense of complicated history.

This world is highly diverse in terms of both skin tone and in the refreshing range of roles female characters inhabit.^[2]

Strange darkness is growing in the Ward.

Even Corayne an-Amarat can feel it, tucked away in her small town at the edge of the sea.

Fate knocks on her door, in the form of a mythical immortal and a lethal assassin, who tell Corayne that she is the last of an ancient lineage - with the power to save the world from destruction.

Because a man who would burn kingdoms to the ground is raising an army unlike any seen before, bent on uprooting the foundations of the world.

With poison in his heart and a stolen sword in his hand, he'll break the realm itself to claim it.

And only Corayne can stop him.

Alongside an unlikely group of reluctant allies, Corayne finds herself on a desperate journey to complete an impossible task, with untold magic singing in her blood and the fate of the world on her shoulders.^[3]