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A review by topdragon
Age of Legend by Michael J. Sullivan
4.0
After years of warfare, the humans have finally gained the advantage and have now pushed the Fhrey (elves) back to their own homeland. But they’ve reached something of a stalemate. The chance for peace might possibly be at hand but not all factions agree on how, or even if it should take place.
The 4th book in the “Legends of the First Empire” series can also be considered the first book in the second half of that series. The author, himself refers to it in this way and after reading it, I fully concur. Structurally, this book is different than preceding volumes. There are two time jumps that happen in the first half of the book, one of only one year and the second for five years. That makes for interesting story development, especially considering many of the main characters were quite young and are now full-on adults.
I always expect a good fantasy reading experience from Michael J. Sullivan and this one certainly fulfilled my hopes. I feel like I really know these characters so when their journeys are challenging, I worry for them. That happens a lot in this book. It’s an important and intriguing chapter in the series but, as has been noted by everyone, it ends on a cliffhanger. A big one. No spoilers but it’s easy to see why the next volume is titled, “Age of Death”.
Can’t wait to see where this goes from here.
The 4th book in the “Legends of the First Empire” series can also be considered the first book in the second half of that series. The author, himself refers to it in this way and after reading it, I fully concur. Structurally, this book is different than preceding volumes. There are two time jumps that happen in the first half of the book, one of only one year and the second for five years. That makes for interesting story development, especially considering many of the main characters were quite young and are now full-on adults.
I always expect a good fantasy reading experience from Michael J. Sullivan and this one certainly fulfilled my hopes. I feel like I really know these characters so when their journeys are challenging, I worry for them. That happens a lot in this book. It’s an important and intriguing chapter in the series but, as has been noted by everyone, it ends on a cliffhanger. A big one. No spoilers but it’s easy to see why the next volume is titled, “Age of Death”.
Can’t wait to see where this goes from here.