When the mainland invades the Niyandrians Queen Talia known as the Necromancer Queen died fighting for the capital. Carred Selenas expects the Queen to return and leads a rebellion whilelooking for the Queens daughter that has been hidden from everyone including her. Anskar DeVantte is in training to become a Knight of Eternal Vigilance. He believes everything he has been told while being raised by the Order of Eternal Vigilance. As he gets older his powers are getting stronger and becoming darker than those around him. He starts questioning all he's been told about the Niyandrians and the Orders purpose in conquering them.

I really liked this book. It did have a twist at the end that I had already guessed but it wasn't the point of the story.

This was a very good opening to a series. The concept of the story was compelling and I look forward to continuing this journey in the subsequent books.

It takes a while to care about these characters.
One character is sad because her Queen is dead, but has a feeling she will soon return.
Another character is training to be a knight and must pass some tests, all of which I feel as though I’ve already read in other novels.

"'Some things are just a little too grim for a cultured society like ours, and better left to the distant past that spawned them.'"

I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is my first work by Mitchell Hogan, and I'll definitely need to continue with the author.

The TL;DR is that I liked this novel but if I spoke to someone who didn't like it, my response would be, "Yeah."

This is slow. And when I say slow I mean ssssssssllllllllllloooooooooooowwwwww. Like, the whole book is basically a prologue to the series as opposed to the real start of the action. Of all the questions that arise from the text we get the answer to literally one, and even that one was pretty easy to guess from an early on.

That said, I actually enjoyed the slow start. I felt like you were able to get a sense of the incredibly intricate worldbuilding and develop real care for the characters. Our MC, Anskar DeVantte, is near and dear to my heart and I can't wait to see what happens to him.

Interestingly for such a slow-paced novel, the action scenes were really well written and I loved the depth of choreography that Hogan included. I have no context as to what is and isn't realistic in a pitched sword and sorcery battle, but the action scenes in Incursion felt realistic.

Overall I enjoyed this but would not recommend it for someone who needs a fast-paced read.

A queen steeped in the dark arts, dies in a war. Her daughter is hidden for seventeen years. Then events start happening. I enjoyed the book. It was suspenseful and interesting.