The Jasmine Throne

By (author) Suri, Tasha
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The Jasmine Throne begins a romantic epic fantasy trilogy set in a world inspired by the history and epics of India, in which a captive princess and a maidservant in possession of forbidden magic become unlikely allies. The Tiktok sensation and World Fantasy Award winner!
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***THE WORLD FANTASY AWARD WINNER***

One is a vengeful princess seeking to depose her brother from his throne.
The other is a priestess searching for her family.
Together, they will change the fate of an empire.

Imprisoned by her dictator brother, Malini spends her days in isolation in the Hirana: an ancient temple that was once the source of powerful magic - but is now little more than a decaying ruin.

Priya is a maidservant, one of several who make the treacherous journey to the top of the Hirana every night to attend Malini''s chambers. She is happy to be an anonymous drudge, as long as it keeps anyone from guessing the dangerous secret she hides. But when Malini accidentally bears witness to Priya''s true nature, their destinies become irrevocably tangled . . .

The Jasmine Throne begins an epic fantasy trilogy set in a world inspired by the history and romances of India, in which a captive princess and a maidservant in possession of forbidden magic become unlikely allies. The sapphic romance and Booktok sensation!

Follow the author on Tiktok at @tashasuri.

''Raises the bar for what epic fantasy should be'' Chloe Gong, author of These Violent Delights

''This cutthroat and sapphic novel will grip you until the very end'' Vulture (Best of the Year)

''Suri''s incandescent feminist masterpiece hits like a steel fist inside a velvet glove'' Shelley Parker-Chan, author of She Who Became the Sun

''It left me breathless'' Andrea Stewart, author of The Bone Shard Daughter

''I loved it'' Alix E. Harrow, Hugo award-winning author of The Once and Future Witches

''Lush and stunning . . . this sapphic fantasy will rip your heart out'' BuzzFeed News

''A fierce, heart-wrenching exploration of the value and danger of love'' Publishers Weekly (starred review)

For more from Tasha Suri, check out:

The Burning Kingdoms
The Jasmine Throne
The Oleander Sword

The Books of Ambha
Empire of Sand
Realm of Ash

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Tasha Suri writes the female characters I didn''t realize I was aching to see in fantasy, to devastating effect. This is a fiercely and unapologetically feminist tale of endurance and revolution set against a gorgeous, unique magical world
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 t