10) The Broken Empire
What is it?:
“The Broken Empire” is a trilogy that tells the story of a boy born to royalty and his ragtag band of outlaws as they traverse a socially fragmented and terrifyingly mystical landscape, committing horrible deeds and encountering monsters, on the boy’s way to adulthood and confronting the life he left behind.
Why Should it be Adapted?:
“The Broken Empire” is basically “A Song of Ice and Fire,” if it was fashioned as a coming-of-age and more linear, (anti)hero’s journey. It has the same political squabbles, the brutal violence and darkly fantastical tone. It engages the same dark principles of Game of Thrones making it the perfect, if maybe too perfect, successor to the series.
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