Books like Empress by Karen Miller

An ambitious, epic fantasy that opens the A Song of Ice and Fire series, detailing the political intrigue and power struggles across Westeros and Essos as noble families vie for the Iron Throne.

The Way of Kings opens Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive, a sweeping high‑fantasy saga set on the storm‑torn world of Roshar where mystical Shardblade warriors, broken kingdoms, and mysterious ancient orders collide.

In the oppressive Final Empire, the Lord Ruler’s immortal reign is sustained by Allomancy. Enslaved skaa endure misery while a band of unlikely rebels plot to end centuries of tyranny.

The seventh book of George R.R. Martin's epic, *A Feast for Crows*, follows the fallout of a fractured realm as Cersei ascends as regent, the Stark northern rebellion collapses, and the Seven Kingdoms edge toward a fragile peace that may crumble into renewed battle.

A continuation of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series, The Great Hunt introduces the Horn of Valere and the quest to find it.

Gaius Octavian, the First Lord of Alera, must rally his legions and master furycraft to repel the advancing Vord and protect his realm from looming darkness.

The Malazan Book of the Fallen’s third novel sees the continent of Genabackis overrun by the corrupt Pannion Domin, while former allies and enemies clash as ancient forces like the undead T'lan Imass rise and a disinherited god threatens the world.

Stone of Tears is the third book in Terry Goodkind's epic fantasy Sword of Truth series, featuring the recurring characters Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell as they continue their quest involving magic and war.

In eighteenth‑century Cairo, Nahri, a street‑smart con artist, discovers she is the last of a line of djinn healers and is drawn into the luxurious, politically fraught city of Daevabad, where her powers could prevent a kingdom‑wide war.

In the seventh volume of Steven Erikson’s epic Malazan series, the Letherii Empire teeters on the brink of war as its emperor spirals into madness and a feared fleet approaches.

In a world where industry and magic collide, rival princes, merciless generals, and ambitious socialites vie for power, the fate of kingdoms hinges on war, prophecy, and the mysteries of the Long Eye.

When an emperor is assassinated, his children must survive, seek vengeance, and follow divergent paths: one to monastic solitude, another to elite warfare, and a third to political leadership.

A quest to retrieve an Orb, set against a backdrop of gods, kings, and magic, featuring an Imperial Princess and her sorcerer relatives on a dangerous mission.

Eighteen‑year‑old orphan Kalinda, a ward of the Sisterhood in the Tarachand Empire, is thrust from her secluded temple life into a perilous desert journey and a deadly court tournament, where her only hope of survival lies in an arcane, forbidden power buried within her.

A thrilling fantasy novel set against the backdrop of a recent coup and the wrathful retribution that follows.

An epic fantasy tale of heroes, prophecy, and the rise of a barbarian horde.

This is the compelling story of the woman credited as a major factor in the destruction of the Russian Empire. It is the first full-scale biography of Alexandra in thirty years, and the first to fully explore her childhood motivations and influences. Just six years of age when her mother died, Alexandra, a princess of Hesse-Darmstadt, a German principality, was reared under the tutelage of various aunts but always remained under the watchful if faraway eye of her grandmother, Queen Victoria. As a shy, unsophisticated teenager, "Alix" visited St. Petersburg, Russia, for a six-week holiday and caught the eye of Nicholas, the young heir to the Russian throne. Nicholas and Alexandra fell in love. They might have lived ever after as a happily married bourgeois couple, but the fates soon placed them on the throne and they were on a collision course with tragedy. A vast cast of supporting players is brought to vivid life in The Last Empress. Sometime overlooked personalities like the Grand Duchess Militza, who introduced Alexandra to Rasputin; Anna Vyrubova, who cemented their friendship; the tsar's uncle, Grand Duke Nicholas, who had almost as little use for the empress as he had for Rasputin (whom he threatened to hang); and a host of military and political figures who either helped fuel the revolutionary flames or stood by helplessly while an era and a way of life vanished. More than just the story of one fated princess, the book carries the saga of the Romanovs to the present day, when recent excavations at the town of Ekaterinburg, where the royal family was murdered, have unearthed their remains. Today the Romanovs have regained a vestige of popularity in Russia and a major exhibit of photographs and artifacts drew capacity crowds in Moscow and will probably do the same in other cities it will tour. Based on hundreds of letters (many hitherto unpublished), diaries, and documents, as well as the author's own research in Russia, Germany, England, and America, The Last Empress presents an insightful yet unbiased account of this important woman's life, including her dominant political role and her dependence on the infamous Rasputin. The rare photographs were assembled from international archives.

A high‑fantasy epic featuring imagined places, wars, and adventures.

In a world where magic is real, an evil empress uses her sorcery to lure the young princess Hay Lin into her city, prompting a group of witches to intervene and protect her.

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"It is Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, 1887. At Tilbury Docks, Rani Das and Abdul Karim step ashore after the long voyage from India. One has to battle a society who deems her a second class citizen, the other forges an astonishing entanglement with the ageing Queen who finds herself enchanted by stories of an India she rules but has never seen." The Empress uncovers remarkable unknown stories of 19th century Britain, the growth of Indian nationalism and the romantic proclivities of one of our most surprising monarchs.

Sigourney Rose, the sole survivor of her family’s massacre on the islands of Hans Lollik, seeks revenge while vying for the throne amid a deadly purge of the ruling families.

A Mughal‑inspired epic where Mehr, the illegitimate daughter of an imperial governor and an Amrithi outcast, discovers her inherited magic and must resist the emperor’s mystics before the gods awaken.