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Review: The Riyria Revelations by Michael J. Sullivan
By: Althulas Date: January 19, 2018, 7:54 am
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This is a great idea!
Let us start with the two main characters, Royce Melborn and
Hadrian Blackwater. Both are the most out right badass
characters that one might ever wish to come across in a fantasy
series.
Royce a former member of the Black Diamond and Assassin is an
enigma wrapped in a puzzle surrounded by dead people who looked
like they might one day be in the way. Or because they breathed,
looked like they were up to something or for any reason really.
Royce has issues about not killing people.
Hadrian on the other hand is a open book who just might kill
you. But unlike Royce he will feel bad about it afterwards and
maybe even say sorry. The son of a small town's Blacksmith,
Hadrian is a Swordsman of great skill and in certain parts of
Calis a rather famous one. He and Royce somehow manage to not
kill each other and on some days could even be called friends
and while the back and forth banter and, I just have to say
this, some of the best lines I have read in a series for a long
time is major part of why this series works it is not the best
part.
The best part is the plot. Now most of the time with fantasy
series you know what is going to happen… We all know the chosen
one will save the day! Or in some cases when the author feels
like thinking out of the box, dies.
But Sullivan did something with this series that was different.
He managed to surprise me with the ending. This is harder to do
than you might know, but he did it. Right until the last chapter
I thought the story was going in one direction in just like that
out of the blue there was a plot twist that I just did not see
coming. And it was not like some last minute plot twists you
sometimes see that doesn’t make sense, no as soon as the last
chapter came around the whole series just clicked into place.
It was like that moment when you are doing a puzzle and suddenly
you can see what the picture is.
It was the moment that took a great series into the halls of
Fantasy Fame. If you love a good series that has some great
banter between characters as well as just some really kickass
fight scenes then this is the series for you!
The Revelations series consists of -
[list]
[li]Theft of Swords
HTML http://www.michaelsullivan-author.com/theft_of_swords_sample.pdf<br
/>[font=verdana](contains The Crown Conspiracy and Avempartha)
[/font][/li]
[li]Rise of Empire
HTML http://www.michaelsullivan-author.com/rise_of_empire_sample.pdf<br
/>[font=verdana] (contains Nyphron Rising and The Emerald Storm)
[/font][/li]
[li]Heir of Novron
HTML http://michaelsullivan-author.com/heir_of_novron_sample.pdf<br
/>[font=verdana](contains Wintertide and Percepliquis)[/font][/l
i]
[/list]There is now three prequels as well and surprisingly they
are are just as good as the original series!
[list]
[li]The Crown Tower
HTML http://www.michaelsullivan-author.com/The%20Crown%20Tower%20Sample%20Chapters.pdf[/li]
[li]The Rose and the Thorn
HTML https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17163514-the-rose-and-the-thorn[/li]
[li]The Death of Dulgath
HTML http://www.michaelsullivan-author.com/The%20Death%20of%20Dulgath%20Sample%20Chapter%20by%20Michael%20J.%20Sullivan.pdf[/li]
[li]The Disappearance of Winter’s Daughter
HTML https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32177852-the-disappearance-of-winter-s-daughter?ac=1&from_search=true[/li]
[/list]
Sullivan has now also started a new series that takes place in
the far past of the same world during the time of the Empire.
The series is called Legends of the First Empire -
[list]
[li]Age of Myth
HTML https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26863057-age-of-myth[/li]
[li]Age of Swords
HTML https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32337902-age-of-swords[/li]
[li]Age of War
HTML https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18052169-age-of-war[/li]
[li]Age of Legend
HTML https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22819354-age-of-legend[/li]
[li]Age of Wonder
HTML https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30613608-age-of-wonder[/li]
[li]Age of Empire
HTML https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23654840-age-of-empire[/li]
[/list]
Only the first two books of Legends of teh First Empire have
been published. The rest are due during 2018 and 2019.
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