Are you searching for fantastic new fantasy novels arriving in 2019? If so, look no further! The following books could be the tales that sweep you into another world.
Here are five new fantasy novels to read in autumn 2019:
- Legacy of Ash by Matthew Ward
- Dragonslayer by Duncan M. Hamilton
- The Throne of the Five Winds by S. C. Emmett
- Ash and Ambition by Ari Marmell
- The Bone Ships by R.J. Barker
These books launch new series’ and are available starting in mid-late 2019. For a quick comparison, here’s a chart.
Legacy of Ash by Matthew Ward
Description
A shadow has fallen over the Tressian Republic.
While the armies of the Hadari Empire invade the borderlands, the Republic’s noble families plot against each other, divided by personal ambition.
But as Tressia falls, heroes rise.
Viktor Akadra is the Republic’s champion and conqueror of the rebellious south. A warrior without equal, he also hides a secret that would see him burned as a heretic.
Josiri Trelan would gladly see Viktor condemned to the flames – vengeance for a rebellion crushed and a mother slain. And while Josiri plots fresh insurrection, his sister, Calenne, is determined to escape their tarnished legacy and break the shackles of the past.
As dark days beckon, these three must overcome their differences to save the Republic. Yet decades of bad blood are not easily set aside. Victory – if it comes at all – will command a higher price than they could have imagined.
What Do Pre-Release Reviewers Say?
Goodreads Rating: 4.00
Most Common Rating: 5
Release Date: November 5th, 2019
Dragonslayer by Duncan M. Hamilton
Description
Once a member of the King’s personal guard, Guillot dal Villevauvais spends most days drinking and mourning his wife and child. He’s astonished — and wary — when the Prince Bishop orders him to find and destroy a dragon. He and the Prince Bishop have never exactly been friends and Gill left the capital in disgrace five years ago. So why him?
And, more importantly, how is there a dragon to fight when the beasts were hunted to extinction centuries ago by the ancient Chevaliers of the Silver Circle?
On the way to the capitol city, Gill rescues Solène, a young barmaid, who is about to be burned as a witch. He believes her innocent…but she soon proves that she has plenty of raw, untrained power, a problem in this land, where magic is forbidden.
Yet the Prince Bishop believes magic will be the key to both destroying the dragon and replacing the young, untried King he pretends to serve with a more pliable figurehead.
Between Gill’s rusty swordsmanship and Solene’s unstable magic, what could go wrong?
What Do Pre-Release Reviewers Say?
Goodreads Rating: 3.98
Most Common Rating: 4
Release Date: July 5th, 2019
The Throne of the Five Winds by S. C. Emmett
Description
Two queens, two concubines, six princes. Innumerable hidden agendas.
Yala, lady-in-waiting to the princess of a vanquished kingdom, must navigate their captors’ treacherous imperial court.
The Emperor’s palace – full of ambitious royals, sly gossip, and unforeseen perils – is perhaps the most dangerous place in Zhaon. A hostage for her conquered people’s good behavior, the lady Komor Yala has only her wits and her hidden maiden’s blade to protect herself – and her childhood friend Princess Mahara, sacrificed in marriage to the enemy to secure a tenuous peace.
But the Emperor is aging, and the Khir princess and her lady-in-waiting soon find themselves pawns in the six princes’ deadly schemes for the throne — and a single spark could ignite fresh rebellion in Khir.
And then, the Emperor falls ill, and a far bloodier game begins…
What Do Pre-Release Reviewers Say?
Goodreads Rating: 3.88
Most Common Rating: 5
Release Date: October 15th, 2019
Ash and Ambition by Ari Marmell
Description
Trapped by Magic.
Trapped by Politics.
Trapped by Destiny.
Trapped in the form of the knight who supposedly slew him, the dragon Tzavalantsaval – with a loathsome goblin steward as his only true ally – struggles to navigate the Kirresci royal court and humanity itself, even as politics and intrigues he scarcely understands push the southern kingdoms ever nearer to open war.
What Do Pre-Release Reviewers Say?
Goodreads Rating: 4.10
Most Common Rating: 5
Release Date: August 12th, 2019
The Bone Ships by R.J. Barker
Description
Two nations at war.
A prize beyond compare.
For generations, the Hundred Isles have built their ships from the bones of ancient dragons to fight an endless war.
The dragons disappeared, but the battles for supremacy persisted.
Now the first dragon in centuries has been spotted in far-off waters, and both sides see a chance to shift the balance of power in their favor.
Because whoever catches it will win not only glory, but the war.
What Do Pre-Release Reviewers Say?
Goodreads Rating: 4.27
Most Common Rating: 5
Release Date: September 24th, 2019
New Fantasy Novels Arriving in Autumn 2019
How Do These Fantasy Books Compare?
5 New Fantasy Novels Arriving in Autumn 2019
- Legacy of Ash by Matthew Ward
- Dragonslayer by Duncan M. Hamilton
- The Throne of the Five Winds by S. C. Emmett
- Ash and Ambition by Ari Marmell
- The Bone Ships by R.J. Barker