Daughter of the Empire
- 448
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Daughter of the Empire” is political fantasy in which schemes matter more than swords, set in a world some readers say they can lose themselves in. Its heroine, Mara, inherits a threatened noble house and has to learn her society’s ruthless game. Some readers take a while to settle in, and some find the characters flatter than in Feist’s earlier Riftwar books, which others skipped without trouble.
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About the book
Daughter of the Empire is a political fantasy novel by American writers Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts. Published in 1987, it is the first book in the Empire Trilogy and was followed by Servant of the Empire in 1990.
Reading order · Empire Trilogy
Full order & progress →- Daughter of the EmpireThis book
8.18.1 / 10 - Servant of the Empire
8.28.2 / 10 - Mistress of the Empire
8.28.2 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.2 across 227 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 61% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 8.1 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.4 | 19 | 8% |
| Hardcover | 8.2 | 208 | 92% |
Frequently asked
How long is Daughter of the Empire?
It has 448 pages — shorter than 65% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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