The Oleander Sword

The Jasmine Throne has been hailed as a series opener that will “undoubtedly reshape the landscape of epic fantasy for years to come” (Booklist, starred). Now, award-winning author Tasha Suri’s provocative and powerful Burning Kingdoms trilogy continues with The Oleander Sword.

• "Suri astounds with the spellbinding epic fantasy that launches her Burning Kingdoms trilogy....a fierce, heart-wrenching exploration of the value and danger of love in a world of politics and power....Suri’s confident and passionate prose expertly guides the reader throughout. This is a blade-sharp, triumphant start to what promises to be an exciting series."
  Publishers Weekly (starred review) on The Jasmine Throne
• "The Jasmine Throne  is an intimate, complex, magical study of empire and the people caught in its bloody teeth. It’s about resistance and power, histories both personal and political, and the heroes who must become monsters to survive. I loved it."
  Alix E. Harrow, author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January, on The Jasmine Throne
• “Tasha Suri writes the female characters I didn’t realize I was aching to see in fantasy, to devastating effect. The Jasmine Throne is a fiercely and unapologetically feminist tale of endurance and revolution set against a gorgeous, unique magical world."
   
  S. A. Chakraborty, author of The City of Brass, on The Jasmine Throne
• "Like the magic in this tale of reclaiming power, The Jasmine Throne will work its way under your skin with Suri’s compelling characters and gorgeous, effortless prose.”
  Sam Hawke, author of City of Lies, on The Jasmine Throne
• "Lush and stunning... Inspired by Indian epics, this sapphic fantasy will rip your heart out."
  BuzzFeed News on The Jasmine Throne
• "Suri’s incandescent feminist masterpiece hits like a steel fist inside a velvet glove. Blisteringly furious and astonishingly tender by turns, its women take on the patriarchal empire with every weapon at their disposal. Simply magnificent."
  Shelley Parker-Chan, author of She Who Became the Sun, on The Jasmine Throne
• "The Jasmine Throne pulls you under, sweeping you away on a current of gorgeous prose and intricately imagined magic and politics. Filled with sharply-drawn characters who ache with longing: for peace, for war, for one another. It left me breathless."
  Andrea Stewart, author of The Bone Shard Daughter, on The Jasmine Throne
• "The Jasmine Throne raises the bar for what epic fantasy should be. Tasha Suri has created a beautiful, ferocious world alongside an intimate study of the characters who will burn it all down."
  Chloe Gong, author of These Violent Delights, on The Jasmine Throne
• “The Jasmine Throne is a riveting and gorgeously-written tale set in an intricate, expansive world. [The characters] will live in my imagination for a long time to come, and I cannot wait to see what happens next!”
  Genevieve Gornichec, author of The Witch’s Heart, on The Jasmine Throne
• “A masterpiece. Suri continues to storm the realm of epic fantasy. The Jasmine Throne is the powerful, female-centric series I've hungered for—with deftly-woven prose and a pair of glorious women destined to wreck your heart.”
  Heather Walter, author of Malice, on The Jasmine Throne