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Silver City #3
Blood Imperial
The Final installation in The Silver City Trilogy
The vicious and depraved Emperor Ba'alekkt is dead, dragged to the bottom of the Kefirrin by the weight of his armour. A huge army stands idle and prone to an emperor must be found.
As the surviving members of the Toktel'yan imperial family eye the empty Onyx Throne, the devious Olkanno keeps his own counsel. The future is far from certain, and as the realm trembles, it becomes clear that Malasso and her infant daughter are destined to play their role.
‘First class fantasy that takes the reader to a vast fantastic world of mythical empires, exotic people and passionate love and hatred’ – Bolton Evening News
‘A remarkably vivid novel’ – E V Thompson
Pamela Belle was born and bred in Suffolk, the daughter of a local prep school headmaster. She went to the University of Sussex, and went on to become a primary school teacher. She is also the author of the bestselling Heron Saga.
The vicious and depraved Emperor Ba'alekkt is dead, dragged to the bottom of the Kefirrin by the weight of his armour. A huge army stands idle and prone to an emperor must be found.
As the surviving members of the Toktel'yan imperial family eye the empty Onyx Throne, the devious Olkanno keeps his own counsel. The future is far from certain, and as the realm trembles, it becomes clear that Malasso and her infant daughter are destined to play their role.
‘First class fantasy that takes the reader to a vast fantastic world of mythical empires, exotic people and passionate love and hatred’ – Bolton Evening News
‘A remarkably vivid novel’ – E V Thompson
Pamela Belle was born and bred in Suffolk, the daughter of a local prep school headmaster. She went to the University of Sussex, and went on to become a primary school teacher. She is also the author of the bestselling Heron Saga.
- GenresFantasy
432 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1996
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About the author
Pamela Belle
19 books80 followersBelle, who also writes contemporary fiction as Alice Marlow, always wanted to be an author. As a child the books she read were adventure stories like "Treasure Island," "Swallows and Amazons," and the novels of John Buchan and CS Forester. She wrote her first book at the age of twelve and having visited the site of a lovely Elizabethan manor house called Rushbrooke and observing the bare, moated island which was all that was left, she wanted to bring Rushbrooke back and chose to do so in print.
Over the next few years 'The Epic', as it became known, grew and grew. Belle drew up a huge family tree and a plan of the house very like Rushbrooke.
Married and a teacher of a class of six-year-olds, she wrote in longhand and, while publishers made encouraging noises, no one was prepared to risk publishing a large book by an unknown author. Eventually the agent Vivienne Schuster was wonderfully enthusiastic about it and found a publisher.
"The Moon in the Water" and its two sequels were published in the UK and the USA with considerable success. Belle gave up teaching in 1985 to spend more time researching and writing. She plans to write a book about Alfred the Great if she can fit it in between looking after the children, dogs, cats and husband.
Over the next few years 'The Epic', as it became known, grew and grew. Belle drew up a huge family tree and a plan of the house very like Rushbrooke.
Married and a teacher of a class of six-year-olds, she wrote in longhand and, while publishers made encouraging noises, no one was prepared to risk publishing a large book by an unknown author. Eventually the agent Vivienne Schuster was wonderfully enthusiastic about it and found a publisher.
"The Moon in the Water" and its two sequels were published in the UK and the USA with considerable success. Belle gave up teaching in 1985 to spend more time researching and writing. She plans to write a book about Alfred the Great if she can fit it in between looking after the children, dogs, cats and husband.
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May 27, 2009
Awesome fantasy nonsense.
October 6, 2025
A fantastic and fitting end to what is in my opinion one of the best ever written fantasy trilogies.
Blood Imperial picks up where the Wolf Within left us, emperor of Toktel'yi drowned in the Kefirin river following Bron's magical power outburst and in doing so sealed his fate and drowned along with everyone on the royal barge except the infamous court magician Al'Kayek.
Mallaso along with Bron's baby daughter Kiyu fleeing Jo'ami have found refuge in Kerenth and assumed different identities. Al'Kayek now leaving the empire is trusted by the King of Zithirian to find Mallaso and Kiyu.
Meanwhile the empty throne of Toktel'yi is fought over by all of the lines of the blood imperial, who is going to take over,can they stop the uprisings that are now threatening to break up the once great empire and leave it in ruins and who is the fabled Flamebearer who comes to many in their dreams promising freedom? Could Bron, thought long dead, have something to do with this?
A real roller coaster of a ride, it never fails to entertain,shock and fill you with emotion. Blood Imperial is a fitting and poignant end to the Silver City trilogy. Highly recommended.
Blood Imperial picks up where the Wolf Within left us, emperor of Toktel'yi drowned in the Kefirin river following Bron's magical power outburst and in doing so sealed his fate and drowned along with everyone on the royal barge except the infamous court magician Al'Kayek.
Mallaso along with Bron's baby daughter Kiyu fleeing Jo'ami have found refuge in Kerenth and assumed different identities. Al'Kayek now leaving the empire is trusted by the King of Zithirian to find Mallaso and Kiyu.
Meanwhile the empty throne of Toktel'yi is fought over by all of the lines of the blood imperial, who is going to take over,can they stop the uprisings that are now threatening to break up the once great empire and leave it in ruins and who is the fabled Flamebearer who comes to many in their dreams promising freedom? Could Bron, thought long dead, have something to do with this?
A real roller coaster of a ride, it never fails to entertain,shock and fill you with emotion. Blood Imperial is a fitting and poignant end to the Silver City trilogy. Highly recommended.
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