Tour: Empress & Soldier

By Marian L Thorpe

March 3 – 6

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Amazon link: https://mybook.to/Empress
Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63232616-empress-soldier
Genre: Historical fiction , Literary fiction
Print length: 394 pages (80K words)
Age range: This is an adult book, but would be suitable for mature teens age 16+
Trigger warnings: consensual sexual scenes, non-graphic, deaths in battle, an off-scene infanticide
Formats available for the Tour: all standard electronic formats (sorry, no paperbacks)
Amazon Rating: 5*

About Empress & Soldier

A boy of the night-time streets. A girl of libraries and learning.

Druisius, the son of a merchant, is sixteen when an order from his father that he can neither forgive nor forget drives him from home and into the danger and intrigue of the military.

Eudekia, a scholar’s daughter, educated and dutiful, is not meant to be a prince’s bride. In an empire at war, and in a city beset by famine and unrest, she must prove herself worthy of its throne.

A decade after a first, brief meeting, their lives intersect again. When a delegation arrives from the lost West, asking Eudekia for sanctuary for a princess and support for a desperate war, Druisius is assigned to guard them. In the span of a few weeks, a young captain will capture the hearts of both Empress and soldier in very different ways, offering a future neither could have foreseen.

A stand-alone novel that can also serve as a second entry point into the Empire’s Legacy series.

Praise for the ’empire’s legacy’ series

‘I dread the day Marian will be finished writing this series’ Cover to Cover Reviews

‘Thorpe’s writing is beautiful – strong in the details of landscape both physical and political, delicate in the handling of strong emotion, and cunning in how stealthily details of the plot are seeded throughout.’ Karen Heenan, author of The Tudor Court series.

‘this book has it all: tight plotting, strong characters, action, danger, drama, and pathos.’ Discovering Diamonds Reviews

About the Author

“My books are historical fiction of an imagined world, one that is close to Britain, Northern Europe, and Rome, but isn’t any of them. A world where a society evolved differently after the Eastern Empire left, an Empire on the edge of history.

After two careers as a research scientist and an educator, I decided it was time to do what I’d always really wanted, and be a writer. As well as my novels, I’ve published short stories and poetry. My life-long interest in Roman and post-Roman European history provided the inspiration for my books, while my other interests in landscape archaeology and birding provide background.”

Author’s awards:

Indie Ink Awards, 2022: Finalist, for Empire’s Heir
QueerIndie Awards, 2022: Queer Fiction/Non-Fiction: Bronze, for body of work.
Book Bloggers Novel of the Year Award, Semi-Finalist, 2021 for Empire’s Daughter
Eric Hoffer Awards: Finalist, 2022, for Empire’s Heir.
B.R.A.G Medallion, 2021, for Empire’s Daughter
Readers Favourite 5-Star Award, 2021, for Empire’s Legacy: The Complete First Trilogy.

Coffee Pot Book Club:

Hig hly Recommended, 2021, for Empire’s Heir
Historical Fantasy Book of the Year, 2019, Gold Medal for Empire’s Exile, Book III of Empire’s Legacy
Box Set of the Year, 2019, Silver Medal for Empire’s Legacy
Highly Recommended, 2020, for Oraiáphon: A Novella of the Empire
Historical Fantasy Book of the Year, Gold Medal, 2020, for Empire’s Reckoning