Can’t Wait Wednesday: The Blackfire Blade by James Logan

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings to share upcoming book releases that we’re excited about! This meme is based on Waiting on Wednesday, which was created and hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.

Guys, the cover for The Blackfire Blade has to be one of my favorite pieces of cover art of ALL time and I don’t say that lightly. It’s incredible! There’s so much detail packed in, plus the purple flames and smoke really make it pop. Now, if you’re not familiar, this is the second book in The Last Legacy series by James Logan, the first book being The Silverblood Promise. This takes out characters to the city of Korslakov where Lukan has to somehow get into the vaults of the Blackfire Bank. The current release date for The Blackfire Blade is Summer 2025, which is painfully far away.

Winter has come early to Korslakov, City of Spires, and Lukan Gardova has arrived with it. Most visitors to this famous city of artifice seek technological marvels, or alchemical ingenuity. Lukan only desires the unknown legacy his father has left for him, in the vaults of the Blackfire Bank.

But when Lukan’s past catches up with him, his key to the vault ends up in the hands of a mysterious thief known only as the Rook. As Lukan and his companions race to recover the key, they soon find themselves trapped in a web of murder and deceit. In desperation, Lukan requests the help of Lady Marni Volkova, scion to Korslakov’s most powerful family.

Yet Lady Marni has secrets of her own. Worse, she has plans for Lukan and his friends. Plans that involve a journey into Korslakov’s dark past, in search of a long-lost alchemical formula that could prove to be the city’s greatest discovery . . . or its destruction.