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* PreClimaxClimax: Malini and Priya roll in the sheets partway through, a while before the major showdown of the book.
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* SiblingMurder: [[spoiler:Malini kills Chandra by giving him a choice: [[SuicidalSadisticChoice die by poison now, or slowly over time]]. Chandra does the former.]]
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* TheCoup: [[spoiler:When she agrees to sacrifice herself in the future so the mothers will beat the yaksa in their coming war, the Parjati priests switch sides, joining Malini and overthrowing Chandra.]]
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* TheCoup: [[spoiler:When she agrees to sacrifice herself in the future so the mothers will beat the yaksa in their coming war, the Parjati Parajati priests switch sides, joining Malini and overthrowing Chandra.Chandra so she becomes the empress.]]
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* SadisticChoice: [[spoiler:Priya is given the choice of stabbing her lover Malini or the [[NatureSpirit yaksa]] Mani Ara will kill all her other loved ones. The stabs Malini, grateful that it isn't fatal, with the utmost reluctance.]]
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''The Oleander Sword'' is the second novel in ''Literature/TheBurningKingdoms'' by Tasha Suri, released 2022.
Malini has rebelled against her brother, Emperor Chandra. Gathering an army, she has driven his forces out of Ahiranya. As more vassals of his switch sides to her, the conflict grows. Chandra pushes back, though, using magical fire that stals her advance, burning far too many of her soldiers alive.
Her relationship with Priya grows as well, the women becoming closer though with suspicion from some followers of Malini who distrust Ahirani, especially those with magic. Nonetheless, they are undeterred and grow deeper in love. Bhumika, meanwhile, has begun to govern the freed Ahiranya.
While the army of Malini stalls at the maze fort in Saketa, which never once has been taken by an enemy, larger forces come into play. The yaksa return to Ahiranya, and demand worship from the Ahirani as they once received-or else. A war is prophesied between them and the mothers, the Parajati goddesses. Malini, Priya and many more are soon swept into this greater building conflict.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: No one aside from the priests really seem to like Emperor Chandra, as he demands complete obedience but offers only scraps in return for this, even aside from his violent [[TheFundamentalist zealotry about religion]], which results in him burning many women alive as his {{human sacrifice}}s. As a result, his sister Malini convinces many of his vassal rulers rather easily to switch sides and join her in a rebellion against him.
* TheCoup: [[spoiler:When she agrees to sacrifice herself in the future so the mothers will beat the yaksa in their coming war, the Parjati priests switch sides, joining Malini and overthrowing Chandra.]]
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: [[spoiler:Karal]] is tortured into giving up intelligence needed for taking the maze fort.
* MagicFire: Mothers' fire moves like a living thing, jumping from one target to the next after raining down out of the sky. It can be set on swords and arrows, moving from there to human targets.
* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: The [[NatureSpirit yaksa]] give the Ahirani nobles an ultimatum on their return: worship them or die slowly of [[{{Transflormation}} the rot]].
* SadisticChoice: [[spoiler:Priya is given the choice of stabbing her lover Malini or the [[NatureSpirit yaksa]] Mani Ara will kill all her other loved ones. The stabs Malini, grateful that it isn't fatal, with the utmost reluctance.]]
* TheSiege: Malini has besieged the maze fort of Saketa after its lord sides with her brother and attacks her. However, it's not an easy target, with the fort withstanding ''every'' attempt to storm it and having vast supplies to help withstand being starved out. [[spoiler:They later take the fort after learning about a secret entrance inside from Kanal, the lord's son, when he's tortured.]]
* TheirFirstTime: Priya and Malini finally have sex after deep, sustained, building desire to.
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Malini has rebelled against her brother, Emperor Chandra. Gathering an army, she has driven his forces out of Ahiranya. As more vassals of his switch sides to her, the conflict grows. Chandra pushes back, though, using magical fire that stals her advance, burning far too many of her soldiers alive.
Her relationship with Priya grows as well, the women becoming closer though with suspicion from some followers of Malini who distrust Ahirani, especially those with magic. Nonetheless, they are undeterred and grow deeper in love. Bhumika, meanwhile, has begun to govern the freed Ahiranya.
While the army of Malini stalls at the maze fort in Saketa, which never once has been taken by an enemy, larger forces come into play. The yaksa return to Ahiranya, and demand worship from the Ahirani as they once received-or else. A war is prophesied between them and the mothers, the Parajati goddesses. Malini, Priya and many more are soon swept into this greater building conflict.
!Tropes:
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: No one aside from the priests really seem to like Emperor Chandra, as he demands complete obedience but offers only scraps in return for this, even aside from his violent [[TheFundamentalist zealotry about religion]], which results in him burning many women alive as his {{human sacrifice}}s. As a result, his sister Malini convinces many of his vassal rulers rather easily to switch sides and join her in a rebellion against him.
* TheCoup: [[spoiler:When she agrees to sacrifice herself in the future so the mothers will beat the yaksa in their coming war, the Parjati priests switch sides, joining Malini and overthrowing Chandra.]]
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: [[spoiler:Karal]] is tortured into giving up intelligence needed for taking the maze fort.
* MagicFire: Mothers' fire moves like a living thing, jumping from one target to the next after raining down out of the sky. It can be set on swords and arrows, moving from there to human targets.
* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: The [[NatureSpirit yaksa]] give the Ahirani nobles an ultimatum on their return: worship them or die slowly of [[{{Transflormation}} the rot]].
* SadisticChoice: [[spoiler:Priya is given the choice of stabbing her lover Malini or the [[NatureSpirit yaksa]] Mani Ara will kill all her other loved ones. The stabs Malini, grateful that it isn't fatal, with the utmost reluctance.]]
* TheSiege: Malini has besieged the maze fort of Saketa after its lord sides with her brother and attacks her. However, it's not an easy target, with the fort withstanding ''every'' attempt to storm it and having vast supplies to help withstand being starved out. [[spoiler:They later take the fort after learning about a secret entrance inside from Kanal, the lord's son, when he's tortured.]]
* TheirFirstTime: Priya and Malini finally have sex after deep, sustained, building desire to.
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