Hi!
I'm looking for a fantasy book similar to the Empire trilogy or Descendant of the crane.
I'm mostly after the trope where the main character has to suddenly manage a kingdom/clan and engage in heavy politics and schemes to rise to power/restore her reputation.
Would appreciate if it has more focus on the fantasy elements like superpowers and stuff. 🙂
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Strike the Zither by Joan He
The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
The Tethered Mage by Melissa Caruso
Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare
The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon
A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows
Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell
A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen
Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
The Obsidian Tower by Melissa Caruso
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison is exactly this. A cast-off, half-goblin son of the emperor suddenly finds himself as ruling after his father and all his other heirs are all killed in a crash.
For one with more focus on “superpowers” or the magic elements, you might like Jade City by Fonda Lee, which is about the ruling family of a martial arts clan who goes to war with a rival clan.
Rebecca Roanhorse’s Beyond Earth and Sky trilogy
Oh and the Defy the Nighy series
And NK Jemisin’s Inheritance Trilogy