Hi everyone! Petrik from Novel Notions here.

We have an incredibly exciting post today. Orbit Books has asked Novel Notions to host the cover reveal for one of my most anticipated releases of 2025. I had the pleasure of revealing Richard Swan’s previous trilogy, Empire of the Wolf, and today I get to host the cover reveal to Swan’s newest upcoming book. Grave Empire! This is the first book in a new trilogy taking place in the same world as Swan’s previous trilogy. Philip Harris is in charge of the cover art, and it’s looking incredibly beautiful and intricate. It is an honor for me and Novel Notions to post the cover art to this. Without further ado, here’s the GORGEOUS cover reveal of Grave Empire by Richard Swan!

Cover art illustrated by Philip Harris

Cover designed by Ben Prior

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Title: Grave Empire

Series title: The Great Silence (Book 1)

Author: Richard Swan

Publishing date: 4th February 2025

Genre: Fantasy, Epic Fantasy

Publisher: Orbit

Formats: eBook, Paperback, Hardcover

Instagram: @richardswanauthor

Twitter: @Richard_S_Swan

Official Blurb:

Blood once turned the wheels of empire. Now it is money.

A new age of exploration and innovation has dawned, and the Empire of the Wolf stands to take its place as the foremost power in the known world. Glory and riches await.

But dark days are coming. A mysterious plague has broken out in the pagan kingdoms to the north, while in the south, the Empire’s proxy war in the lands of the wolfmen is weeks away from total collapse.

Worse still is the message brought to the Empress by two heretic monks, who claim to have lost contact with the spirits of the afterlife. The monks believe this is the start of an ancient prophecy heralding the end of days – the Great Silence.

It falls to Renata Rainer, a low-ranking ambassador to an enigmatic and vicious race of mermen, to seek answers from those who still practice the arcane arts. But with the road south beset by war and the Empire on the brink of supernatural catastrophe, soon there may not be a world left to save.

Grave Empire is the first novel in an unmissable new epic fantasy series from Sunday Times bestselling author Rich Swan, packed full of action, intrigue and adventure

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I want to give my special thanks to Richard Swan & Orbit for allowing Novel Notions the honor and pleasure of hosting the cover reveal for Grave Empire. As fantasy enthusiasts and self-proclaimed connoisseurs of book cover art, it means a lot for me and all of us here at Novel Notions to be given this opportunity. It goes without saying that I’m looking forward to reading Grave Empire!

Lastly, thank you to everyone for taking the time to read this post!

You can pre-order this book from: Amazon 

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