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Andrea Stewart Books in Order — The Drowning Empire Series Guide

American author of the complete Drowning Empire trilogy — an inventive epic fantasy built around a morally charged magic system, beginning with The Bone Shard Daughter.

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About Andrea Stewart

Andrea Stewart is an American fantasy author whose Drowning Empire trilogy is one of the most inventive epic fantasy series of the 2020s, built around a bone shard magic system that doubles as a meditation on identity and empire. Her world-building is intricate without being impenetrable, and the trilogy rewards patient readers with compounding payoffs. All three books are published and the story is complete.

Where to Start

Start with The Bone Shard Daughter — the magic system and political world are introduced gradually and the opening pages do excellent work establishing the central mystery.

Andrea Stewart Books in Order

The Drowning Empire

A complete epic fantasy trilogy — all three books published between 2020 and 2023.

  1. 1

    The Bone Shard Daughter

    The Drowning Empire, Book 1

    Lin, daughter of the ailing Emperor, fights to inherit her father's throne by mastering the bone shard magic that runs the empire — without yet understanding what that magic truly costs. A riveting debut with multiple perspectives and a magic system unlike anything in the genre.

    Note: Start here — the magic system and world are introduced gradually and the central mystery is gripping from page one.

  2. 2

    The Bone Shard Emperor

    The Drowning Empire, Book 2

    Lin's rule is challenged on all fronts as the truth of her empire's foundations begins to unravel. The second book expands the world and sharpens the political stakes considerably.

  3. 3

    The Bone Shard War

    The Drowning Empire, Book 3

    The trilogy reaches its conclusion as the full cost of the bone shard empire comes due. All major threads resolve in a finale that rewards the patience of readers who followed the series from the beginning.

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