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Following up on my indie book read of 2025, The Severing Son, this sequel takes place immediately after that epic conclusion, then sets us off on a multi-year journey where our protagonists go through the wringer. This is a great continuation of the ...more
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Bill Adams and 5 other people liked Shane Boyce's review of The Price of Fear: The Wretched Trilogy: Book 1:

"Fans of Jay Kristoff and ZB Steele are going to love this. It’s bloody, it’s dark, it’s hilarious. A longer review to come.

An easy 4.5/5 ⭐️"

Bill Adams and 4 other people liked Stacey Markle's review of The Price of Fear: The Wretched Trilogy: Book 1:

"Well holy crap...this is a book you don't want to miss!

First, thank you to Miles for the ARC, what an honour it's been to read this incredible story. (less than 24 hours, done and dusted)

Second, immediately put this on your TBR. trust me, you'll be t" Read more of this review »

Bill Adams and 5 other people liked P.L. Stuart's review of Destiny's Doom (Sundered Nation Trilogy #3):

"A brilliant and heart-wrenching conclusion to SUNDERED NATION!

This series will definitely be in my current top Indie SFF series of all time! Absolutely fabulous!

For my thoughts on this book (3) and an overview of the SUNDERED NATION trilogy, please s" Read more of this review »

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Following up on my indie book read of 2025, The Severing Son, this sequel takes place immediately after that epic conclusion, then sets us off on a multi-year journey where our protagonists go through the wringer. This is a great continuation of the Following up on my indie book read of 2025, The Severing Son, this sequel takes place immediately after that epic conclusion, then sets us off on a multi-year journey where our protagonists go through the wringer. This is a great continuation of the saga, one that goes in a vastly different direction than book one, a direction that might be seen as bold (yeah, I made a title pun...). And the boldness does pay off, but if you loved how book one is, don't expect the same type of story here.

Vahldan and Elan remain as our two main protagonists, but since there are multiple time jumps in this story, we are finally treated to important characters who were only hinted at in book 1, namely the author of all the epithets, Brin Bright Eyes (V&E's daughter), as well as the daughter of the seeress who becomes Vahldan's wife and mother of the Bringer of Urrian. Remember, time jumps here, so it may seem weird, but it works out in the end.

I will say that while I enjoyed most of this story, it did not hit me as hard as The Severing Son and I think that's the nature of the time jumps, it doesn't allow for as much character building to naturally happen since a lot of it happens off-page. For example, in Part 1 of this book, the immediate aftermath of Vahldan/Elan's victory sees them join a merchant crew as mercenaries. Sure, they get to see the wider empire and all the injustices of slavery and other things, but from chapter to chapter, years pass and we get a bit more history as opposed to seeing the story unfold. Then before Part 1 ends, Elan gets pregnant, but that's seven years after book 1. Part 2 starts with it being eight years later, essentially they come home so Brin can be born. The first Part was a bit hard for me to grasp the characters I so loved, it wasn't until Part 2 started that I felt these characters being the ones from book 1. But then a lot of things happened, all good things, important book things, but then came another time jump, getting characters aged up appropriately for them to bear children, etc. Again, while all this works, it just didn't hit me as hard as The Severing Son, I almost felt like some of this book could have been drawn out more and split into multiple books.

Let me stress, this book is great, all of the arcs come together nicely, but this story is extremely ambitious in its scope, so that close connection you had to Vahldan and Elan in book one is not as close, but we do get a lot more connection with other characters only hinted at in book one. I think Brin Bright Eyes is a treat, she's a fun character to see grow. Same with Amaga, the future wife of Vahldan. She's born with this foreknowledge of her future bringing into the world the harbinger of their people, so she's already an old soul when we meet her at eight years old. Roycroft really creates some complex children in this tale.

Overall, this is a saga, not a short few year story, so it works, it's still epic, still great storytelling by Roycroft. Lots of action, lots of political intrigue with prophecies and the chosen one. I'm eager to see how he concludes this series. ...more

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Following up on my indie book read of 2025, The Severing Son, this sequel takes place immediately after that epic conclusion, then sets us off on a multi-year journey where our protagonists go through the wringer. This is a great continuation of the Following up on my indie book read of 2025, The Severing Son, this sequel takes place immediately after that epic conclusion, then sets us off on a multi-year journey where our protagonists go through the wringer. This is a great continuation of the saga, one that goes in a vastly different direction than book one, a direction that might be seen as bold (yeah, I made a title pun...). And the boldness does pay off, but if you loved how book one is, don't expect the same type of story here.

Vahldan and Elan remain as our two main protagonists, but since there are multiple time jumps in this story, we are finally treated to important characters who were only hinted at in book 1, namely the author of all the epithets, Brin Bright Eyes (V&E's daughter), as well as the daughter of the seeress who becomes Vahldan's wife and mother of the Bringer of Urrian. Remember, time jumps here, so it may seem weird, but it works out in the end.

I will say that while I enjoyed most of this story, it did not hit me as hard as The Severing Son and I think that's the nature of the time jumps, it doesn't allow for as much character building to naturally happen since a lot of it happens off-page. For example, in Part 1 of this book, the immediate aftermath of Vahldan/Elan's victory sees them join a merchant crew as mercenaries. Sure, they get to see the wider empire and all the injustices of slavery and other things, but from chapter to chapter, years pass and we get a bit more history as opposed to seeing the story unfold. Then before Part 1 ends, Elan gets pregnant, but that's seven years after book 1. Part 2 starts with it being eight years later, essentially they come home so Brin can be born. The first Part was a bit hard for me to grasp the characters I so loved, it wasn't until Part 2 started that I felt these characters being the ones from book 1. But then a lot of things happened, all good things, important book things, but then came another time jump, getting characters aged up appropriately for them to bear children, etc. Again, while all this works, it just didn't hit me as hard as The Severing Son, I almost felt like some of this book could have been drawn out more and split into multiple books.

Let me stress, this book is great, all of the arcs come together nicely, but this story is extremely ambitious in its scope, so that close connection you had to Vahldan and Elan in book one is not as close, but we do get a lot more connection with other characters only hinted at in book one. I think Brin Bright Eyes is a treat, she's a fun character to see grow. Same with Amaga, the future wife of Vahldan. She's born with this foreknowledge of her future bringing into the world the harbinger of their people, so she's already an old soul when we meet her at eight years old. Roycroft really creates some complex children in this tale.

Overall, this is a saga, not a short few year story, so it works, it's still epic, still great storytelling by Roycroft. Lots of action, lots of political intrigue with prophecies and the chosen one. I'm eager to see how he concludes this series. ...more

Bill Adams made a comment on EB Eldritch’s review of The Godsblood Tragedy (The Divine Godsqueen Coda, #1)

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