17 new SFF books to get nice and cozy with this September
By Lacy Baugher
When She Reigns – Jodi Meadows
The conclusion of author Jodie Meadows’“Fallen Isles” trilogy arrives this September, and is set to wrap up its story of magic, dragons and a kingdom in peril.
When She Reigns will conclude the story of Mira, a girl who must embrace her own inner strength or risk losing the dragons she loves. Over the course of the series, she’s had to learn to survive in – and ultimately escape from – prison, discover why she was arrested in the first place, figure out what’s really happening to her kingdom, and work to save her people.
The story aims to wrap up the many plot threads that are still outstanding from Meadows’ first two novels, including the disappearance of the dragons, political corruption, the looming threat of the Great Abandonment, and Mira’s own journey towards discovering her own strength.
The official synopsis is appropriately dramatic, as befits the ending of a trilogy.
"The Great Abandonment has begun. Panic has seized the Fallen Isles, where no one knows which god will rise next. Mira Minkoba believes her dreams hold the secret to bringing an end to the destruction, but in order to save her people, she’ll have to find a legendary treasure: the bones of the first dragon. Mira’s desperate search leads the Hopebearer and her friends on a dangerous journey into the heart of enemy territory: the Algotti Empire itself. The empress is more than willing to help—for an impossible price. And as tensions escalate beneath the shadows of the risen gods, Mira grapples with a terrifying question: What will she have to sacrifice to preserve what she loves? The explosive finale to Jodi Meadows’s Fallen Isles trilogy is ablaze with sizzling romance and fiery magic as Mira’s fight to save dragons from extinction evolves into a mission to save her world from annihilation."
When She Reigns is available on September 10.