Scott Westerfeld, the acclaimed author of Fine Prey, Polymorph, and Evolution's Darling, follows The Risen Empire with the next thrilling space opera in Succession, the Killing of Worlds. Captain Laurent Zai of the Imperial frigate Lynx is a walking dead man. Unjustly held responsible for the death of the Child Empress, sister of the immortal Emperor, Zai has been sent to fight an unwinnable battle. The Lynx must stop a vastly superior Rix ship from...

A Chinese boy orphaned by cholera and raised in Britain is trained to work at Oxford's prestigious Royal Institute of Translation, the world's center for translation and magic through silver-working, where he must choose between competing loyalties.

I took off my dress and the petticoats and I put on the Englishman's breeches and shirt. I put on his neckerchief and asked Liz to take the scissors and cut my hair short. My plait fell to the ground and there I was, a young lad. Good boy she said to me, then pulled my face towards her and kissed me on the mouth. It surprised me, I didn't understand, I didn't know you could do that and it was revealed to me so naturally: why wouldn't you be able to...

A small merchant ship sends two people ashore with the purpose of committing assassination. They were hired to alter the balance of power in the world. The consequences of this act affect the destinies of empires as well as lives both great and small. A young woman has escaped after her abduction by corsairs as a child, being sold and sending years in servitude. Now she wants revenge.

With their bed the only place they find common ground, Conn and Lia, forming an uneasy alliance in their marriage of convenience, must risk everything to save their kingdom from Emperor Anure's growing threat while dealing with their developing feelings for one another.

Conrí, former Crown Prince of Oriel, married Queen Euthalia of Calanthe to fulfill the prophecy that would end Emperor Anure's cruel hold over the empire. But they failed. Con gave it all he had and Lia gave her life - temporarily- but nothing worked. They now return to Lia's island kingdom of Calanthe, which has awakened and wants revenge. It is tearing the island up and Lia's subjects are in mortal danger. Slowly a plan is formed to return to Anure's...

Touraine is a soldier. Stolen as a child and raised to kill and die for the empire, her only loyalty is to her fellow conscripts. But now, her company has been sent back to her homeland to stop a rebellion, and the ties of blood may be stronger than she thought. Luca needs a turncoat. Someone desperate enough to tiptoe the bayonet's edge between treason and orders. Someone who can sway the rebels toward peace, while Luca focuses on what really matters:...

Pericles returns home more than a hero: he's the leader of Athens, the empire's beacon of light. But even during times of peace, the threat of Sparta - Athens's legendary rival - looms large on the horizon. When a sudden catastrophe brings Sparta to its knees, Pericles sees a golden opportunity to forever shift the balance of power in his city's favor. For sometimes, the only way to win lasting peace is to wage war. Sparta may be weak, but their power...