The Tyrant Baru Cormorant
- 656
- Pages
- about 12 h
- Reading time
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Our view
Seth Dickinson’s “The Tyrant Baru Cormorant” is a vast, grim third Masquerade novel about shifting loyalties and a plague no one can control. Some readers find it a fuller, more satisfying story than the second book; others stress that its tangle of plots and viewpoints calls for stamina and a fresh memory of the earlier volumes. Readers who relish political intrigue seen from several sides will find over 650 pages of it here.
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About the book
Seth Dickinson's epic fantasy series which began with the “literally breathtaking” (NPR) The Traitor Baru Cormorant, returns with the third book, The Tyrant Baru Cormorant. The hunt is over. After fifteen years of lies and sacrifice, Baru Cormorant has the power to destroy the Imperial Republic of Falcrest that she pretends to serve. The secret society called the Cancrioth is real, and Baru is among them. But the Cancrioth's weapon cannot distinguish the guilty from the innocent. If it escapes quarantine, the ancient hemorrhagic plague called the Kettling will kill hundreds of millions...not just in Falcrest, but all across the world. History will end in a black bloodstain. Is that justice? Is this really what Tain Hu hoped for when she sacrificed herself? Baru's enemies close in from all sides. Baru's own mind teeters on the edge of madness or shattering revelation. Now she must choose between genocidal revenge and a far more difficult path—a conspiracy of judges, kings, spies and immortals, puppeteering the world's riches and two great wars in a gambit for the ultimate prize. If Baru had absolute power over the Imperial Republic, she could force Falcrest to abandon its colonies and make right its crimes.
Reading order · The Masquerade
Full order & progress →- The Traitor Baru CormorantStart here
7.97.9 / 10 - The Monster Baru Cormorant
7.97.9 / 10 - The Tyrant Baru CormorantThis book
8.18.1 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.3 across 72 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 33% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 8.3 | 72 | 100% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Tyrant Baru Cormorant?
It has 656 pages — longer than 66% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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