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Not worth finishing. I had a very hard time getting into the novel. A combination of flat characters and the new names/races. I'm all about delving face first into a fantasy world with little to no set up, but this one doesn't work for me. I never felt connected to the characters or interested enoug...
The Garden of Stones by Mark T Barnes **Note: as it turns out, I'm just not a fan of epic fantasy. If you are, you probably should just ignore this review and go try the book. Long ago, the world was ruled by the Seethe, a tempestuous species of wind elemental who value beauty in all things, fro...
The Pillars of Sand is a fitting ending to the Echoes of Empire fantasy series. It is filled with intense action, revelations of ancient secrets, and the continued development of one of the most interesting and fully developed fantasy worlds on the shelves today. If you are a fantasy aficionado wh...
The Obsidian Heart is a prime example of a second book in a series that actually works. Here Mark T. Barnes has taken all the amazing world-building from The Garden of Stones, added to it a story that immediately sucks you into that mesmerizing world and then mercilessly hauls you along for an amaz...
The Garden of Stones is the first installment in the Echoes of Empire fantasy series by Mark T. Barnes, and it is quite simply a spectacular concoction imbued with potential brilliance. From the very first page of this epic, Mr. Barnes immerses his first time reader in a world filled with vivid cu...
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