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Here is the goodreads synopsis of the 3rd book:
New allies rise.
The Blood Moon nears.
Zélie faces her final enemy.
The king who hunts her heart.
When Zelie seized the royal palace that fateful night, she thought her battles had come to an end. The monarchy had finally fallen. The maji had risen again. Zélie never expected to find herself locked in a cage and trapped on a foreign ship. Now warriors with iron skulls traffic her and her people across the seas, far from their homeland.
Then everything changes when Zélie meets King Baldyr, her true captor, the ruler of the Skulls, and the man who has ravaged entire civilizations to find her. Baldyr’s quest to harness Zélie’s strength sends Zélie, Amari, and Tzain searching for allies in unknown lands.
But as Baldyr closes in, catastrophe charges Orïsha’s shores. It will take everything Zélie has to face her final enemy and save her people before the Skulls annihilate them for good.
Here is the statement from the author about the 3rd book:
"There is a lot of anguish for the characters in this book. I mean, I put them through a lot throughout the entire series, but I think in this book in particular, the characters are both fighting a conflict out in the external world and also inside of themselves, because they've just been taken completely out of anything they ever thought they would be battling with. They've spent the first two books in the series fighting maji against non-maji, maji against the monarchy, fighting with the grief of the past and fighting for a new future. But in book three, they have to face a bigger enemy, a larger enemy, and it's something they never could have anticipated....When it comes to anarchy, I know that's a loaded term, but in this sense it means a kind of 'breaking free.' It's not just tearing everything down, but about the beauty that can be born out of the chaos and destruction."
Here is the statement from the author about the book's cover:
"I think what the cover conveys the most is Zélie's growth and evolution. In every book in this series, she's been sent on a harrowing adventure, and the finale is no different. When I look at this cover, I feel her power, her beauty, and her strength — the command she's harnessed from deep inside. I also see a clear homage to the Orisha and Santería — the source of inspiration that found me in Brazil, and started this entire journey. But most of all, when I look at this cover, I feel pride. As my dad says every time he looks at it, 'Zélie's all grown up,' and throughout this series, I feel like I got the opportunity to grow up alongside her."
Children of Anguish and Anarchy will be published on June 25, 2024.
Source: EW.com