This book came in as an Author Submission on my website bowlersbookreviews.com, as a dark fantasy review request. Off the top, have to say there’s a ton of epic battles, magic, and teleportation. Teleportation so much so that it kind of threw me a bit at times where I had to go back and reread saying “Wait what just happened, why are they in a new area”.

This book I thoroughly enjoyed hence why on Goodreads and Amazon I’m going to give it 4 stars. Story outline is well thought out, lots of huge battles and carnage like I’ve already pointed out, and despite the amount of death in this book it reminds me of GoT where it doesn’t diminish the value of life nor does it prevent you from getting attached to characters. The books magic system is very cool, and is used throughout their sword play, which I loved, and involved lots of vibrant and beautiful colours. Throwing dragons in the mix, that seemed to attack both good guys and bad, threw a level of chaos to the novel that kept me reading as it made it unpredictable.

The constructive criticism I’d give this book is different from what I find myself giving other books. I feel the teleportation powers were used to cut down book length, rushing the characters to the next area quickly. As a reviewer who complains about Wheel of Times books dragging on and on, I can appreciate this but feel it was used to much. Possibly only Drascar having this power, and even then being limited could have brought more flavour to the story, and I felt like too many had the ability of magic and the ability to have visions, this I would have limited again to Drascar but also to Rhyn for flavour, but also to make magic feel more special. I loved the Sevora character, but felt Dians death was too quick, causing me not to emphasize with her anger. Characters although author gives them a first and last name, should throughout the book be referred as one name to prevent confusion. Example Seth, author has more than one name for him when character is being referred to.

The swords and armour are really cool, and if replicas are ever made I’m buying them! Action scenes read easily and are very exciting, and probably 75% of the book is a giant action scene with epic sword battles with enemy forces, monsters, and dragons. Also, you can tell that the first book only dips your toe in story outline, as alternate universes and worlds are hinted at, giving author infinite number of possibilities for the book.

Definitely recommend, well worthy of the 4 star rating. You can find this book on Amazon, definitely recommend buying.