Ruler of the Realm

The Faerie Wars Chronicles #3

by Herbie Brennan

It is Henry's third visit to the Faerie Realm, but this time in a rather different guise and to a different kind of place. Holly Blue is Queen and Lord Hairstreak appears to be proposing a truce between the Faeries of the Night and the Faeries of the Light. Meanwhile, Prince Pyrgus has stumbled across some mysterious crystal flowers with an apparently formidable secret weapon, and there are rumours of a demon invasion led by Beleth, the Prince of Darkness.
Queen Blue, wary of her uncle's uncharacteristic generosity, pays a visit to the Spicemaster's labyrinth in an attempt to divine the possible future of the Realm. She is warned to beware of someone close, not realizing just how careful she will need to be — and when she is kidnapped by the most unlikely candidate, the Realm rapidly descends into chaos.
In a thrilling adventure Blue, Pyrgus and Henry will find themselves in the midst of a furious battle to protect the future of the Realm and secure the throne for the rightful ruler.

Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult, Fairies, Fiction, Fae, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult Fantasy

430 pages, Hardcover

First published June 16, 2006

About the author

What you should know

Name: Herbie Brennan

Occupation: Author

Favourite book: The Crimson Petal and the White, by Michel Faber.

Favourite subjects: Esoteric matters, psychical research, anomalies, Mac computers, other people and cats.

Favourite journals: Journal of the Society for Psychical Research.

Favourite holiday spot: Kenmare, County Kerry, Ireland.

Number of books published: 116.

Total copies sold worldwide: 10 million +.

Herbie Brennan recently (written 2019) celebrated publication of his 116th book, Nectanebo. Traveller From An Antique Land.

Reviews

[Miss Amelia · Rating 2 out of 5]

Oh my gosh. Wow. Started at 7 - finished at 1:35. Review to follow...

The phrase "not everything is as it seems" could be the slogan of this third installment! Even though the first book is called Faerie WARS, it seems to me that we are finally getting to the 'war' part in this book. Those Nighters don't give up! Those demons aren't dead after all! Those aliens - wait, ALIENS?!?! Don't worry, they're really just the demons. Let's not get toooo into sci-fi. Everything has been leading up to this! If suspense was a cheeseburger, I would have got into a high-cholesterol heart attack. There were chapters where I literally was reading so fast I felt my eyes were burning into the pages. There were also parts where I literally didnt breathe. The last author who deprived me of such air was Rick Riordan at the final battle atop Mt Olympus in The Last Olympian!

The series of events in this book were sooo shocking, so unexpected, i truly felt nervous, like "Wow Mr. Brennan, this is some pretty intense stuff!" Then, in typical Herbie Brennan fashion, he drops a major bombshell towards the end that whiplashes the plot in an entirely different direction. The only difference is, in this particular book, it was magnified by like 100x. As I was reading, I kept thinking, "This is not seriously happening, this is not seriously happening!" and at the end, I got my sigh of relief. Sorry, can't get any less ambiguous than that!

I'm going to make a bit of a generalization here: I don't think men authors explore "relationships" as deeply and as genuinely as women authors. That's okay - cause they write awesome fight scenes. But I will say that as much as dear Mr Brennan is able, he puts into the relationship between the two lead characters: Blue and Henry. Those two go through soo much in this book, I found myself skimming other chapters just so I could get to their segments! And Pyrgus? Well, the little dude actually annoyed me! Something happened early on that made me go "ohh geez for goodness sake!" but again, NOT EVERYTHING IS AS IT SEEMS, and it was okay in the end. Well, sort of okay. I still was wondering: why would he do that in the first place?!?!?! Ahh, the dreaded (and highly annoying) "shock factor" variable.

There's something that is still wavering in my mind: the plot dynamics are SOOO extreme, so creative, and so engrossing, that it seems at times that they are resolved relatively easily in retrospect. IDK why... everything works, and there's little in this book that doesnt seem to add up (like there were in the previous two) but again... it seems like since the drama was soo heavily amplified, i find myself harboring some feelings of uncertainty, like "wow that was really... umm...easy..." Maybe it's just because of all the hype.

Oh Henry, why can't you just cut to the chase and stay in the Faerie Realm? Goodness gracious, dude! Quit returning to our boring world! Maybe he'll make a decision in Faerie Lord. =]

[Lyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book's structure was so weird. It spent HOW many pages building up the whole situation? Then it spent basically 10 pages (maybe even less?) wrapping it all up. The whole book was people going, "The Nighters did whaaa?!" "The Lighters did whaaa?!" "The demons did whaaa?!" "HUUUH?!" "OOOH I GET IT!" The End. It was odd. It almost felt like Brennan wanted to write this long well formed book... and then ran out of time at the end. Things wrapped up too fast. Not enough description, not enough dialogue, not enough character connections at the end. The first 7/8 of the book was fine and dandy... it's just the final 1/8th was too short. I feel like I just had this amazing climb up a mountain. Great scenery, and excited to get to the top to see what's there... then at the top there's the bottom again. Makes you go "...what?" Right? Yeah.. that's basically how I felt at the end of this book.

[Alisha Torres · Rating 4 out of 5]

My 10 yr old and i read this series together. She gave eachbook a 4.5 and i gave each a 3.5...so we compromised on a 4.

[Carmine R. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Minaccia demoniaca per elfi e uomini

Altra rilettura per scoprire quanto lo spirito critico fosse assente intorno ai 10-11 anni d'età.

[Bec · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m pretty sure I’m not imagining that our characters are all inexplicably now 3 years older than the last book, without an obvious equivalent time passing in the story? I can only assume because forced marriage and (fake) threats of forced pregnancy would be even more unconscionable against a 13/14 year old. Genuinely wtf.

No one seems to be experiencing any character growth either, and what was funny at first is becoming more irritating than charming.

[keikii Eats Books · Rating 2 out of 5]

40 points/100 (2.25 stars/5) [revised from 5].

Henry is abducted by aliens. Blue is contemplating starting a civil war. And, oh, the demons are back.

I want to like this series, I just cannot overlook all the things that are terribly done in these books. The entire ending of this book is cut out, somehow. I have no idea how he was able to get away with this. Plus, the fact there is a very questionable plotline that happens in a book for children. I have no idea how this got approved.

I've complained about it before, but the narration switches actively hurt this story. It grinds it down into nothing. He focuses on the least interesting parts of the story. A quarter of all the chapters are recaps of what happened off screen because he decided to switch narrators at the wrong moment. In fact, the entire ending of the book is shoved off to the side this way. There is a massive buildup to the ending. All these cool things are happening. And then everything happens offscreen. I have no idea how this book was ever approved for publication this way.

Then there is the fact that Brennan actively had to try his damnedest out of writing a rape scene in a children's book. He wrote himself into a corner and knew he was never going to go through with it, but he kept everything leading up to this point in anyway. This is not acceptable in a children's series. I don't give a shit how much it is never going to happen, this bit should not have been written in.

I was wishing for more attention to the world-building last book, because I thought it was nifty. I no longer wish that, I just want the series to end now. The crap Brennan added in in this book just to add it in - not because it fits, mind, just because he wanted to add it - is unreal. It is ridiculous. It is horrible. It in no way works with the world we have already established, not really. There is no attention to detail. There is no planning. It is a free-for-all. A terribly written free-for-all.

These characters are all still awful characters. The only good one is Mr. Fogarty. Henry's and Pyrgus's friendship is held together with spit. When I was younger, I thought the characters in this series had the best relationship ever. However, we are told they have a great relationship, but we never see it. They have spent a total of hours together in like over a year worth of story so far. How Henry and Pyrgus are supposed to have such a great friendship like this is beyond me. The relationship between Henry and Blue is completely infatuation, too. They've never spent any real time with each other, except looking at each other.

The plot is confusing for the sake of being confusing, not because it is a well put together. In a well put together story that is still confusing, all the threads come together at the end in such a manner than you're left in awe at how it fit [see: Brandon Sanderson]. None of the threads in this book come together at all. They're all independent of each other, doing whatever the hell they damn well please and fuck all the consequences. If you are younger, you may not notice this because you may not have seen something like this before. However, I have seen it executed by masters, and this was a pale attempt at best.

I wanted to like this series. I just can't. This was so bad, it wasn't even funny. Sometimes if something is bad I can laugh about it. I just wanted it to end.

[Eshusdaughter · Rating 1 out of 5]

Usually books suffer from the sophmore slump. Unfortunately, the Faerie Chronicles is terminally cursed when it comes to the third book. Was this even written by the same author? It was horrible. Awful. I want my hours back!

I have a few major pet peeves when it comes to books. A major one is authors forgetting their own story and contradicting themselves. There were some major holes in Ruler of the Realm. The first was the fact Henry suddenly looks normal ... and yet when The Purple Emperor closed he had technicolor hands and a rainbow chest. Nothing about that in this book. Now beyond that add in a plot that stumbles slowly along trying to be interesting but failing miserably. The whole alien/demon thing? Yeah, we get it. Way over done. The characters were acting out of character in many instances and there were several times I just wanted to reach into the book and smack them becuase they were being so stupid. Colossaly stupid. Improbably stupid. I stopped reading/listening 2/3 of the way through the book. I just couldn't make myself finish and I didn't care enough about the story.

I listened to the Audiobook version of this book. They switched narrators from the second book and the third also suffers for that. The new narrator doesn't have half the vocal range of Gerard Doyle, and he commits the further sin of mis-pronouncing half the names. Most annoying.

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this book last night. Yep, the whole thing last night. So...clearly it was a good story. The only repetitiveness is that the Fairies of the Night and the Demons from Hael keep showing up again to almost start a war. It's new a different each time.

But, this one got a little bit weird. More swearing, albeit minor swears and some fictional land swears, lots more grown up thematic material, as in, about re-la-tions. And not your mother-in-law.
I'm just not sure I would want my young adult reading this one. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing dirty. It just has some weird stuff.

Also, I am confused by the character change in Pyrgus. Up until now he's been a pretty reliable kid. Maybe not wanting the weight of the kingdom on his back, but a good kid. Suddenly he's like the goofball that never could do right. You loose a bit of respect for him. Hopefully he'll gain it back.

[Gabriella · Rating 4 out of 5]

The plot constantly kept me on my toes. I greatly enjoyed it. Action-packed and fast-paced. I could barely set it down.

[-NicktheFox- · Rating 1 out of 5]

Con muchas ideas y diferente, pero mal ejecutado.
Herbie Brennan cierra esta trilogía con un libro muy confuso. Si al principio pensé que era agradable y fuera de lo convencional, no llega a más de eso y termina molestando. Creo que hablaré por partes, necesito poner orden a mis ideas primero...
Empezaré con Henry, el "protagonista" (54.000 comillas). ¿Cómo es posible que este chico no le importe en absoluto su familia? Ya siendo un adolescente, con sus rebeldías y demás, no creo plausible que este CABEZA HUECA, con su sentido de la sensibilidad y empatía expuesto en los tres libros, por hasta el más insignificante de los personajes secundarios, no tenga un ápice de cariño por su familia, por un rencor infantil. Quiere a su padre pero le perdió el respeto al ser manipulado por su madre y ahora vivir con su nueva novia, lo cual Henry, reconoce que tiene el derecho a hacerlo. Odia a su madre por engañar a su padre con la secretaria del trabajo, quedarse con los niños e introducir a la amante en casa. Y a su hermanita, porque... bueno, es una niña algo molesta. Y a raíz de ello el autor nos plantea la duda de si volverá a casa siquiera al final del libro.
Luego están las ideas que no tuvieron un desarrollo adecuado o un desarrollo siquiera:
La madre de Henry es lesbiana: Parecía un intento de incluir un personaje LGBT y normalizar las relaciones homosexuales y la separación de los padres en un ámbito familiar de una forma madura y segura para los hijos, pero aunque ese no fuera el punto, por lo menos pudo haber desarrollado una excelente subtrama. Incluso, cuando Henry fue llevado al reino de los elfos mientras sostenía las manos de la novia de su madre, en mitad de una conversación importante, llegué a pensar que esta sería transportada también y eso haría que su mundo real y el mundo de fantasía se unieran, formando un lazo afectivo con Anaïs y al final comprendería a su madre y posiblemente le perdonaría, o al menos no la odiaría más. Pero nada de eso pasa... simplemente es una pobre excusa para que Henry no se preocupe por su familia...
¿Qué le pasó a Silas?:Un personaje que fue una piedra en el zapato para los protagonistas y simplemente desapareció.
Todo la aventura nunca pasó: Henry se plantea la posibilidad de que todas sus aventuras anteriores fueron hechas por su imaginación, o porque empezó a volverse loco, la cual simplemente deja de importarle y, por ende, al lector debe pasarle lo mismo.
Falsa relevancia: Algo que repite constantemente la trilogía de Brennan es el darle importancia a personajes que no la requieren y plantar falsas pistas NADA sutiles. Los personajes que se ven afectados por ello se desdibujan a medida que la historia avanza. Un buen ejemplo sería en el primer libro: cuando descubren que el detrás de todo estaba, ya ni me acuerdo del nombre, así que le diré "El Traidor", y éste se notaba bastante sorprendido, como si de verdad fuese inocente y Comma todo nervioso enfatiza que la culpa es de "El Traidor" como si ocultara que estaba involucrado, para después nunca saber si Comma sí lo estuvo o si de ejecutaron en el siguiente libro a "El Traidor" por su traición... Jaja.
Montaña rusa de subtramas patéticas: La revolución Wangarama es el mayor y mejor ejemplo de este virus que debilita a los tres libros. Sí, al principio resulta interesantes y prometedoras, pero todas y cada una de ellas terminan en NADA.
Miedo al compromiso: Las relaciones amorosas son solo un añadido, porque Henry y Blue no son novios hasta el final del libro, Pyrgus se le presentan estas dos posibles parejas en el último libro y a Fogarty... bueno, no se sabe si al final sí es pareja de... ya olvidé el nombre.

Es una trilogía de fantasía con mucho potencial, pero terminó por desepcionarme, aunque no niego que fue entretenida, pero no quiero ver más finales así... Así que, si has leído esta review y sabes de alguna otra saga que pueda terminar así de mal, avísame, por favor... No quiero encontrarme con otra historia tan perdida como esta.

[Printable Tire]

...and 12 hours over the course of 2 months later, I'm finally done with another gym-only audiobook. James Daniel Wilson's really convincing as all sorts of disparate characters, though his crotchety Old Man Fogarty and theatrical Old Lady Cardui voices get under the skin after awhile. The rambling, maybe-made-up-as-it-went-along? storyline is great for those with short attention spans, but I was more into the fantasy world when it relied on tired tropes than predictable attempts at modernization- angel telephone-like operators and references to Austin Powers made me cringe. About 30 minutes at a time is all I wanted out of this book, and it served its purposes, keeping me distractedly immersed while I experienced boredom or pain, but I have absolutely no interest in any other story in this series.

[Velvetea · Rating 4 out of 5]

This third sojourn into the Faerie Realm is action-packed to the brim! The chapters are a mere paragraph to a couple pages in length and I like this~ I actually read more because the next break is only a page away, so why not? Then, before you know it, you're speeding through the adventure-filled sequence of events and enjoying every bit of it.

Young-reader friendly, yet doesn't sugar-coat the harsh reality children sometimes face while developing, trying to find themselves and stay sane in a world of tough, jagged pills to swallow. My own troubled childhood is never that far behind me (even now) and I can very much sympathize with the yearning to belong somewhere; where beloved friends actually want you around and where you feel you truly belong. It's an escape, but sometimes that is the means of coping.

[Andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

In the third book of the Faerie Wars series, Henry, Pyrgus, and Blue have to negotiate their ways through wars, deceptions, and work together again to save the Realm. Henry overthinks himself and starts to think that the faerie realm was all in his imagination, until demons intervene. Pyrgus gets to have some fun with the lighter military and gets into a mission that's more important than he initially thought. Blue as the queen the the faerie realm has lots of responsibilities and gets herself into a bit of a difficult situation that she in the end turns around to her favor in a devilish way. Overall, I really enjoyed Ruler of the Realm and can't fathom what's may occur in the next book.

[Noemi Cucinella · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nonostante fosse una rilettura, la parte finale mi ha lasciato col fiato sospeso.
Amo tutti TUTTI i personaggi, persino gli antagonisti mi fanno troppo ridere -che peccato mancassero Bombix e Sulfureo!-, e qui Pyrgus mi ha fatto ammattire di quanto era scemo, ma lo amo comunque ❤️
Uno sviluppo tra i personaggi importantissimo che sancirà poi l'evoluzione che intraprenderanno nel quarto libro. Credo sia quello che ricordo di meno, per cui non vedo l'ora di rispolverarmi la memoria! Anche se ho paura, tanta tanta paura. E poi nel quarto libro non c'è Pyrgus 😭

[Nikki Mackay · Rating 3 out of 5]

While I can't say that I love this series I find it entertaining on a ridiculous level. Kitten glue, butt worms, aliens! Why not!

This 3rd book I found had intriguing multi leveled plot made by the antagonist that you didn't get all of until late. It all resolved rather quickly and I wish we got a little more from Blue's perspective late in the book while all this was happening. Not sure what was going on with Pyrgus and more could have been done with the flowers.

[Robert Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is just one series that gets better and better as it goes along. I'm going to be very sad to reach the end of it. I care about the world, I care about the characters. It keeps me guessing all the time. This is a series I love and would reread every year.

[Wendie Berry · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one is part of the Farie Wars series. It was good and moved along faster than the last one. I like the character development, but the plot was a bit all over the place. Looking forward to the next book which should be the final one.

[Laurie D'ghent · Rating 2 out of 5]

Way more swearing in the first two books, plus some really disgusting stuff that happened it's offensive to me that doesn't tie in with the rest of the series. I honestly wish I hadn't read it. If the next book doesn't go back to the original pattern, I'll give up on the series.

[Heidi Hill · Rating 2 out of 5]

Holy Hannah, talk about continuity errors!

I remember loving this whole series when I was in high school, but now that I’m older and wiser I can see the issues with it.

For the record, Holly, Hairstreak is NOT your uncle!

[Amy Webster-Bo · Rating 3 out of 5]

ok ending to the series, wish it could have been better, the first two books were awesome

[Nathan · Rating 3 out of 5]

the ruler of the realm is a good book it field with magic it has a laberth i dont want to spole the book you must read it even you hate fartals

[Cameous · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like the pace of this one. Onto the next one.

[Krista Campbell · Rating 3 out of 5]

Didn’t love it but didn’t hate it rather.

[Katie McNew · Rating 5 out of 5]

This series is really good. I recommend it. I do suggest you read the first book first so you won't be confused.

[RavenNoir · Rating 4 out of 5]

BCID 916-13602497

[Melody (belongs to skz) · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was very confused throughout the book so I dnf'ed it
I think this is a later part of a series

[Veronica Marshall · Rating 4 out of 5]

Here’s how the series goes.
#1 faire wars
#2 purple emperor
#3 ruler of the realm
#4 fairy lord

I think there’s a fifth ?

What a crappy trip for Henry Atherton ( a main character)very crucial Blues evil uncle Lord hairstreak is up to things maybe ? beleth is back. I gave this book four stars because Henry got a crappy trip mostly in fairy land. Bias yes but the demons also aren’t a fan of him read the previous. You see Mr. Fogarty develop a deeper relationship with the painted lady ( codename for a close friend of blue and a realm spy)
Happy endings for blue ( fairy queen at least ) also Pyrgus her brother . Queen Blue becomes queen of Hael also at the end. Blue ends such a deep change in Faires of the Night versus Fairies of the light. ( She is a fairy of the light. ( Her evil uncle is fairy of the night ) Her half brother his part fairy of the night. There is such a deep hatred for one another apparently over an interest in demons centuries ago? Thus the name supposedly fairies of the night. Fairies of the light rule over fairies of the night and anyone else in the realm. Demons want a full on invasions and a lot of the fairies of the night dead. Queen blue equals the playing field and the rest you see in book Four the fairy lord.

[Lynne · Rating 5 out of 5]

I spotted FAERIE WARS at a yard sale and paid either .50 cents or a dollar for it. I thought the cover was really cool and the synopsis on the back sounded interesting.

Once I got home and started to read it I noticed the next book was advertised in the back pages and that's when I remembered seeing the second book in this series at that same yard sale.
So the next day, my husband and I drove over to that house - I just happened to catch the owner there and when I told her I'd bought the first book there the day before and thought I had seen the second book too and could I please buy it from her as well if she still had it?
She showed me the boxes from the yard sale, I dug through and found THE PURPLE EMPEROR (book two) and the lady ended up giving it to me for free! yipee!!

That was four and a half years ago and I have since read ALL the books in The Faerie Wars Chronicles at least once - some I've read 2 and 3 times.

This book, THE RULER OF THE REALM, I read about three years ago. The books just keep on being awesome. I love these characters. The adventure and danger and world building is amazing. I get completely transported while reading these books.
It's been long enough since I've read them that I don't remember exactly how each book in the series went. But the next time I read them (and I'm sure there'll be a next time) I'll try to remember to come back here and review each one again as I go. :)

Meanwhile, I love these books! This is my absolute, all time favorite series. I love them. I want to read them again right now - they are so good. I'd want to bring the entire series with me to a deserted island.
I don't love them so much I want to marry them - basically that would be ridiculous because I'm already married (and also, these are books) ... but honestly, I was really happy my husband read the series and he liked it too - so I know I will always have someone who understands and appreciates my squealy-girl fandom when it comes to The Faerie Wars Chronicles.

I wholeheartedly recommend The Faerie Wars Chronicles to everyone. Especially anyone who loves fantasy, faeries, otherworlds, young adult, young love, adventures and awesomeness in general. ages 13 and up.

I truly hope you love them as much as I do.

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

After the Purple Emperor, Pyrgus Malvae's father is laid to rest, and his younger sister, Holly Blue, is given the throne, Lord Hairstreak finally suggests a truce. The ever-brimming civil war between the Faeries of Night and Faeries of Light might finally come to an end. Yet, Blue isn't sure she trusts her uncle's offer. Pyrgus has also found something strange growing in the Nighter capital, something that could threaten the Realm's existence. And Henry, poor Henry, is starting to doubt his sanity. I, on the other hand, was starting to question my patience with Herbie Brennan's Ruler of the Realm. This is when the series starts to get weird. Not only does it have faeries and demons, humans, and endlogs, but now it has aliens too!

Also, in this book, I started to weary of Brennan's writing style. Each chapter ends with a cliffhanger for a character or two, and the next chapter starts with a completely different character and setting. At one point, I wanted to tear the chapters out and reorder them myself, but I couldn't, since it's the library's book, not mine.

However, some of my favorite aspects of this series are still there. Henry's family life at home is always so rich in its honesty. Not only is Henry uncomfortable at his mom's (her mistress just moved in), but his dad decided to have a mistress too, one barely older than Henry.

Brennan is also a master at plot twists. There's a part in the second half that had me gripping the book tightly, even though I was dead tired and my body was wanting to sleep. The ending, oh my word, the ending. Blue really shines, and I have to applaud Brennan for creating such a strong female protagonist. Sure, sometimes she gets into trouble, but she doesn't always need saving. It's really refreshing to see.

Would I recommend this book? Hm. Well, like I said, it has a slow start, but as you get towards the second half, the story really picks up. That said, if you consider yourself a fan of the Faerie Wars series so far, then by all means, trudge through this installment. You won't regret it. If you've read Faerie Wars and The Purple Emperor, and you weren't particularly wowed, then Ruler of the Realm probably won't change your mind.

[Kristi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Queen Holly Blue knows that the fate of the Faerie Realm is at stake, and it is up to her to declare war on the Faeries of the Night. Much to her sunrise she receives word of a non-aggression treaty proposed by their leader, her Uncle, but can she trust him.

Meanwhile Henry Atherton is still at home in the human world dealing with his mother’s new girlfriend and interrupts his father’s very young girlfriend when emerging from the shower. He is obviously under a lot of stress and assumes that he imagined a stress related fantasy of a realm of faerie. After a three day disappearance, which leaves is memory blank except for a flying saucer and little green men, Henry is suddenly transported back into the Fearie Realm. And he is reminded it isn’t a fantasy at all.

On her visit to verify the intentions of the Faerie of the Night, Blue is kidnapped by Henry. It seems that the little green men weren’t a figment of his imagination but a guise for the Demons of the Faerie Realm so that they could use Henry to get the Blue. It seems that they are plotting their own takeover!

Ruler of the Realm is the third book in The Faerie Wars Chronicles. The first book is Faerie Wars and the second is The Purple Emperor. Both are fantastic books! I don’t think my lousy summary does this book any justice, I mean little green men? But there is much more too it than that, and it totally plays nicely into the story! So, don’t let that stop you. This book and series is
a combination of magic, futuristic technologies everyday realism, plus adventure and excitement! The plot is completely enthralling and unpredictable, right down to the climax! This is an awesome fantasy series! I can't wait to read the next book, Faerie Lord!