About The Oath of Stone and Silence
In the humid heart of 14th-century Majapahit, power is carved from blood, oaths, and silence.
The Oath of Stone and Silence is a visceral historical romance and dual-timeline epic set in the Majapahit Empire of ancient Java. After nine years imprisoned in the kaputren, Queen Tribhuwana Tunggadewi seizes the lion throne with the ruthless aid of General Gajah Mada. Together they forge the legendary Palapa Oath, a vow of conquest that will unify the archipelago at any cost.
Bound by shared ruthlessness and dangerous proximity, their alliance simmers with unspoken tension as campaigns rage through monsoon mud and blood-soaked battlefields. Yet the machine of empire grinds onward, reaching across the Java Sea to Sundanese Princess Dyah Pitaloka Citaresmi, who sails toward a promised alliance only to confront its brutal truth in Bubat Square.
Raw, sensory, and unflinching, Marianne Fisher’s prose brings to life the metallic tang of betrayal, the weight of wet sarongs against sweat-slick skin, the roar of Madakaripura’s waterfall, and the quiet defiance of women who refuse to be possessed or given.
A powerful tale of ambition, consequence, loyalty, and erasure in Southeast Asian history
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