This book has some great moments within the story, it has a few what I like to call ‘lightbulb moments’ where the character suddenly works out the solution to a problem. So with those caveats, let’s get into the review. I had two friends who had DNF’d this book so you could argue I went in with fairly low expectations – I also think I benefit from not having read a lot of adult fantasy over the years so things do tend to feel a little less trope-y to me than they might for others. There was a lot about this book that I enjoyed. He’ll become the greatest swordsman to ever live, a man willing to die a hundred thousand times for the chance to kill the three who betrayed him. Fixated on revenge, Tau dedicates himself to an unthinkable path. Those closest to him are brutally murdered, and his grief swiftly turns to anger. He’s going to get himself injured, get out early, and settle down to marriage, children, and land. Young, gift-less Tau knows all this, but he has a plan of escape. One in every hundred men is able to magically transform himself into a bigger, stronger, faster killing machine.Įveryone else is fodder, destined to fight and die in the endless war.
One in every two thousand women has the power to call down dragons. Their society has been built around war and only war. The Omehi people have been fighting an unwinnable fight for almost two hundred years. Game of Thrones meets Gladiator in this debut epic fantasy about a world caught in an eternal war, and the young man who will become his people’s only hope for survival. I’ve talked about this in my August wrap-up but I had a few thoughts on this book that I wanted to share!
One such book sent to me by the delightful people at Orbit books (you’ll be seeing them quite a few times in the coming weeks) was Evan Winter’s The Rage of Dragons. Hello Humans! I’ve been on a real fantasy kick lately (by which I mean fantasy that is not YA), I feel like this is the time of year for fantasy releases and my shelves are bowing under the weight of all the amazing books!
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