I would definitely recommend it, and I’m excited to move right into book #3, Age of War.Royce Melborn, a skilled thief, and his mercenary partner, Hadrian Blackwater, make a profitable living carrying out dangerous assignments for conspiring nobles-until they are hired to pilfer a famed sword. Overall, this is another great book of Sullivan’s that does not disappoint. This definitely added to the story, and I was glad to have it all to learn the context of things more, but it also slowed down the book’s pace a little in the beginning.
While it was great to see characters develop more, it did feel a little heavy with this in the beginning with a lot of long talking and delving into relationships.
There was respect and admiration given to a motherly healer, just a there was to a budding military strategist, and a crippled potter. One thing I loved that was highlighted in this book, was that both men and women were seen as strong in both ‘feminine’ strengths as well as ‘masculine’ strengths. I love the characters, partly because they are complex and fun to read, also because they are so varied. As always, Sullivan’s writing just sweeps me in and I raced through the last 1/3 in one sitting. There are story threads you can just begin to see, and ones that are already well developed continuing to flesh out. The second in Sullivan’s The Legends of the First Empire series, Age of Swords works to further set the stage for the anticipated conflict of the series (read the review of book 1, Age of Myth on my blog).Ĭharacters continue to develop, the situation is detailed more, and the first steps are taken to prepare for the conflict. The following review is unsolicited, unbiased, and all opinions are my own. There was no agreement with the author, publisher, or any third party that I would publish a review. But not the death of just her people – the systematic slaughter of all humans. Now she must fight to protect her people from this looming threat – an undefeatable foe, an indefensible people, and certain death. The death foretold by the Mystic is yet to come – until now, the anger of the gods has only been stirred. Having protected her people from conflicts both within and without, Persephone, new chieftain of Dahl Rhen, is learning that this is just the beginning. Persephone has met the gods, now she prepares for war against them.
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