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Sarah-Grace B, Reviewer
As with all of Jonathan Maberry's writing, this story is relentless. It opens with a seige on the Silver Empire and the 13 nations it is comprised of. All the capitol cities are taken in one bloody night. The Silver Empire came into existence at the expense of the defeat of the nation of Hakkia and their sorcerer ruler known as The Witch-King. Now Hakkia is back in power and The new Witch-King is eager to complete his coronation to solidify his right to rule the new Empire.
Kagen Vale was the Captain of the royal guard of the Silver Empress and her family. Even though he was off duty, he is on the point of breaking from his failure to save the royal children and from witnessing the death of both parents. His only driving desire is revenge. This story follows Kagen on his road to redemption, though he doesn't feel he deserves it, in a world where forbidden magic is now reawakening and strange things are happening. I never saw the final twist, during the ending climax, coming.
Jonathan Maberry has touched on the world of HP Lovecraft and the existence of many other worlds in his writings before and it is exciting to see that aspect expanded on in this world.
I look forward to seeing more from these new characters and if I had any complaints it would be that I didn't have a world map to look at because this is a digital ARC of the book. That will be fixed as soon as the book is published because I am buying a copy right away.
Thank you to Netgalley and St Martin's Press for the opportunity to entire into this start of an exciting fantasy epic.
Kagen Vale was the Captain of the royal guard of the Silver Empress and her family. Even though he was off duty, he is on the point of breaking from his failure to save the royal children and from witnessing the death of both parents. His only driving desire is revenge. This story follows Kagen on his road to redemption, though he doesn't feel he deserves it, in a world where forbidden magic is now reawakening and strange things are happening. I never saw the final twist, during the ending climax, coming.
Jonathan Maberry has touched on the world of HP Lovecraft and the existence of many other worlds in his writings before and it is exciting to see that aspect expanded on in this world.
I look forward to seeing more from these new characters and if I had any complaints it would be that I didn't have a world map to look at because this is a digital ARC of the book. That will be fixed as soon as the book is published because I am buying a copy right away.
Thank you to Netgalley and St Martin's Press for the opportunity to entire into this start of an exciting fantasy epic.
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