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|title=Rise of Empire

|author=Michael J Sullivan

|publisher=Orbit

|date=December 2011

|website=http://www.michaelsullivan-author.com

|summary=The action-packed second volume in ''The Riyria Revelations'', Rise of Empire follows our heroes as they try to save the tiny kingdom of Melengar against the bloody onslaught of the Empire, hoping to solve a mystery or two on the way.

}}

''Rise of Empire'', the second volume in The Riyria Revelations, starts a year after [[Theft of Swords by Michael J Sullivan|Theft of Swords]] finished. The Imperialist forces are encamped across the river from Melengar, biding their time before they rout and capture Alric’s kingdom. However, it’s ok as Princess Arista has a plan. She will send Hadrian Blackwater and Royce Melborn to enlist the help of the nationalists. Oh, and Arista wants to go too... and Hadrian is getting fed up with an adventurer’s life and wants to retire... and Gwen, Royce’s girlfriend, has had a premonition of death surrounding the enterprise... so what could possibly go wrong?