The third installment of this series really takes this series to another level in intensity and intrigue. Incredible battles, a magic system that is so cool and original, this series really has it all. If you love political maneuvering and warring factions, you will really enjoy this one. Devin Madson is one of my favorite fantasy authors writing today. A more thorough write up to follow over on my review blog.

This is the continuing story of several people. Rah e’Torin and Dishiva e’Jaroven of the Levanti, Miko Ts’ai of Kisia, and Cassandra Marius of Chiltae. I’m not going to spoil books one or two here, because you really should read them, but let us say that there are SPECTACULAR SHENANIGANS afoot, and that these four characters are right in the middle of all of them, despite being mostly nowhere near each other much of the time.

I love Devin Madson’s books so much. I picked this one up one night hoping to get a chapter or two in before I fell asleep and instead managed to read a quarter of it while drowsy-meds tried repeatedly to convince me to stop and maybe sleep instead. I feel like I made the correct decision in continuing to read, but it does say a lot about a book when I’m fighting the meds I take to go to sleep in order to keep on reading it.

This one, just like the two before it, made me immediately latch onto several characters and get my feels all in a twist when things I wasn’t expecting happened to them. We got a little more backstory for some of the characters, which was awesome. It took some turns that I absolutely did not see coming, and was paced so well that it never got boring or slow. I was hooked from page one, and there is truly not enough time in the day to have read this one as quickly as I would have liked to. Great characters, twisty plots, cool fight scenes that are like a complicated song and dance, and an interesting world of different cultures clashing. The last quarter of this book was a ride.

I cannot wait to see how this series ends. Devin Madson has created such a wonderful and evocative world that I love to read about. This volume earns a well deserved 5/5 stars from me. More pls. More!

It rarely happens to me that I mix up which series I’ve read and which I haven’t…. Given the number of books I’ve read in this genre that’s pretty good! 🤓
I’d asked for an ARC of this book though and I decided to read it anyway just to see how it was. I was happy to find that even though this is a third book in an epic fantasy series I had no trouble getting to know the characters and the world. The writing is well done and the story flows well. Grant you I was coming at this new setting with thousands of other fantasy novels under my belt so nothing in the story threw me for a loop or really needed much explanation…. It wasn’t a fantasy story someone unfamiliar with the genre could have stepped right into,
I’m going to wait for the rest of the series to be written then I’ll go and read the whole series in order. It’s a good entry into the doorstop epic fantasy sub genre!

This title was a highly anticipate book for me and God did it delivers. If you read the first two than you know what I'm talking about because we get the exact same quality and awesome story that this author is able to do. And if you have not read the first two book of this series... well... what are you waiting for? Totally worth the hype and I highly recommend it!