The Tyrant Baru Cormorant (The Masquerade, 3)

Seth Dickinsons 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 Cancrioths 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? Barus enemies close in from all sides. Barus own mind teeters on the edge of madness or shattering revelation. Now she must choose between genocidal revenge and a far more difficult patha conspiracy of judges kings spies and immortals puppeteering the worlds 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.