by Michael J. Sullivan
by Michael J. Sullivan This has the feel of a good old fashioned Medieval Fantasy. A man and his son, Raithe, cross a forbidden river and find themselves in an altercation with one of the gods over the family sword because weapons are forbidden to mortals in the land of the gods. They soon learn t...
This is the first book I have read by Michael Sullivan; it will most definitely not be the last. This book is what every epic fantasy should be. It it set in a truly incredible world, beautifully created, detailed and unique. The world is populated by amazing characters from diverse races, some g...
Series: The Legends of the First Empire #1 This is a sword and sorcery novel where the people don’t have too many swords. Well, the humans don’t have very many. The god-like Fhrey are a different story, but they also have magic. Well, “Art.” If I were more of fan of straight out sword and sorcery...
I was so excited to hear about this book - the first in a new series by one of my fave fantasy authors - and thank all the little gods, I LOVED IT! Age of Myth tells tales from long, long ago in the world that we've come to know over the Riyria books and they aren't quite as they've been handed down...
In 2012, I picked up The Theft of Swords – Volume 1 of The Riyria Revelations, which contains the first two books of the series, The Crown Conspiracy & Avempartha by Michael J. Sullivan. I found the books to be quite good and continued on with the series. By the end of the series I had become an avi...
I wasn't sure at first, but readers who have read the Riyria Revelations series will recognize this as a very distant prequel to that series. Those who have not read those books can absolutely read this series on its own. It stands alone very well. However, I would recommend reading Riyria first if ...
Great summer reading! Recommended.