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The Monster Baru Cormorant

by Seth Dickinson

Power, loyalty, and the cost of rebellion

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AlbakiReads Editorial

Power, loyalty, and the cost of rebellion

In this sequel, Baru Cormorant holds a position of power within the empire she intends to destroy, while the betrayals that brought her there continue to shape her choices. An expedition in search of immortality becomes bound up with her attempt to provoke a war against the Masquerade. The description places political upheaval alongside Baru’s divided mind and uncertainty about whether her pursuit of justice has become revenge. That combination gives the book’s epic-fantasy conflict a personal dimension: the struggle against an empire is also a struggle over agency, loyalty, and the motives behind resistance.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers who enjoy epic fantasy centered on imperial power and political conflict.
  • Those interested in stories about betrayal, rebellion, and morally complicated choices.
  • Readers seeking a sequel that continues Baru Cormorant’s story.

Themes

Empire and resistanceBetrayal and loyaltyJustice and revengeAgency and identity

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Book overview

A breathtaking geopolitical epic fantasy, The Monster Baru Cormorant is the sequel to Seth Dickinson's "fascinating tale" (The Washington Post), The Traitor Baru Cormorant.

Her world was shattered by the Empire of Masks.
For the power to shatter the Masquerade,
She betrayed everyone she loved.

The traitor Baru Cormorant is now the cryptarch Agonist--a secret lord of the empire she's vowed to destroy.

Hunted by a mutinous admiral, haunted by the wound which has split her mind in two, Baru leads her dearest foes on an expedition for the secret of immortality. It's her chance to trigger a war that will consume the Masquerade.

But Baru's heart is broken, and she fears she can no longer tell justice from revenge...or her own desires from the will of the man who remade her.

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