Storming Heaven

The Age of Bronze #2

by Miles Cameron

Before iron helmets and steel swords, when dragons roamed the world, was an age of bronze and stone, when the Gods walked the earth, and people lived in terror.

A scribe, a warlord, a dancer, a mute insect and a child should have no chance against the might of the bickering gods and their cruel games. But the gods themselves are old, addicted to their own games of power, and now their fates may lie in the hands of mere mortals . . .

By divine plan a plague of cannibals has been unleashed across the world, forming an armada which preys on all who cross their path. Meanwhile the people who allied against the gods have been divided, each taking their own path to attack the heavens - if they can survive the tide of war which has been sent against them.

All they need is the right distraction, and the right opportunity, to deal a blow against the gods themselves . . .

An original, visceral epic weaving together the mythologies of a dozen pantheons of gods and heroes to create something new and magical, this tale of the revolt against the tyranny which began in Against All Gods is a must read from a master of the fantasy genre.

Genres: Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy

494 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 20, 2023

About the author

Miles Cameron is an author, a re-enactor, an outdoors expert and a weapons specialist. He lives, works and writes in Toronto, where he lives with his family. This is his debut fantasy novel.

Reviews

[Khalid Abdul-Mumin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Miles Cameron returns with book II in the amazing Age of Bronze cycle continuing right where the first one ends and it's a smashing and amazing successor to my favorite fantasy read of the year!

Nisroch, the Herald of the Great Storm God, Enkul-Anu, lies terribly wounded and near death while his minions, the Jekers; terrible man-flesh eating pirates continue to wreak havoc in Ocean. The World Serpent, Antaboga, has been released by our protagonist, Daos, the new godling, while wielding the great and ancient trident known as Worldbreaker. Zos, the godborn sell-sword, wields the devastating artifact, the sword known as Terror capable of slaughtering even the most powerful of the Gods.

The cast of characters and even the world-building has been thoroughly expanded and enhanced, and we see the inclusion of several well depicted and prolonged battles between peoples, gods and godlings.

The writing stays fast paced and very descriptive, doing a fabulous job of transporting the reader into the fantastic world he creates. Thus begins the adventures of our heroes and villains in trying to bring about change to the world through terrible upheaval, massacres, genocidal battles, bloodshed and chaos.

In this installment, our rebellious protagonists find themselves divided and each group wielding artifacts of tremendous power to be used in deposing the merciless and anarchic rule of the Gods up in heaven, otherwise known as Mount Auza.

We are given more hints as to the nature of the Gods, their history and power, and even their somewhat eldritch and alien side, some more of the myth and lore in his fictional Bronze Age. The first book was great and I dare say that this one tops it in that it greatly expands upon that one in almost every way.

Very highly recommended for epic fantasy enthusiasts, especially when one's looking for a well written fantasy book with a marvelous historical fiction bent.

2023 Read
2025 Re-read

[Matteo · Rating 5 out of 5]

There are many books retelling the myths about ancients gods of different cultures, Greeks, Scandinavians, Asians and so on, and I read several of them.
So far Cameron has the best style and the best characterization, at least according to my taste.
To be honest I loved his style and his characters in all his books, even the ones without gods.
Looking forward to read the final book in the series.

[Gregg Buford · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was better than the first book in some ways and just a page turner like the first book. The characters are not the most likable at times but there wasn't anyone that I didn't dislike particularly and quite a few that I still liked. Zos and Era are quite different but having the contrasting personalities is good in its own way. Some characters go through so much only to have to suffer more but still find a way to survive. That is being human and going against impossible odds is what epic fantasy is all about at times. Of course there are the twists and turns that I enjoyed and did not see coming. The direction of the story is straightforward at times This was another enjoyable read and will eagerly await the conclusion of this series in the next book. I will want to read this one again I think and hope to find new things to enjoy upon rereading. Thanks to netgalley and publishers for a chance to read a good book. Miles Cameron can expect praise for another good book.

[Siavahda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Don't ask me to explain what it is about Cameron's writing that I find so addictive, but I absolutely do and enjoyed Storming Heaven immensely.

(Despite the fact that Cameron is still not *great* at writing women. But he's gotten so much better since his earlier books. And I do like most of the female characters! It's just... I wish we got more main, important women who don't use their sexuality for power, or spend the book obsessing over their sexual partners - the two categories *all* the female pov characters fall into.)

No idea how this story can be wrapped up in one more book!

[Noxwitchbooklife · Rating 4 out of 5]

Where to start!

There was so much happening in this story. It was more enjoyable than the first book as there was more story and less worldbuilding.

There is still a lot of characters to keep up with, trying to remember which character is a god or a dragon or a bull leaper.

The story is set over a lot of locations, like most epic fantasys it is a lot to get your head around when you're reading it but it was a lot easier to read than the first book.

I like how the plot to overthrow the gods ends up happening but it takes an awful lot to get there.

Thanks to the publisher for a gifted arc copy of this.

[Jack Rieger · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great ending. Good setup for the next book. Worth a read if you enjoyed the first book.

[Chris Bauer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another solid installment in "The Age of Bronze" series. Ancient man vs the gods. With every battle and every chapter, more secrets are revealed. Cameron does a great job of building tension in order to keep the reader flipping pages. Pace is uneven at times and lots of POV hopping in the novel, but well-worth it.

[Maddy Ebbrell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Brilliant characters

[Justus · Rating 2 out of 5]

The first book, Against All Gods, showed a lot of promise with its Bronze Age civilisation (instead of the quasi-medieval of most fantasy); the existence of typical petty, bickering Greek gods; a handful of interesting characters; and an intriguing plot about -- as the title tells you -- going "against all gods".

This one was still entertaining; all of those factors still exist. But I couldn't shake a slight feeling of disappointment (hence the 2-stars) and I think it comes down in large part to the complete disappearance of Era from the meaningful narrative. If you recall where things left off at the end of book 1: Era and Zos decide to split up. She's going to do all the real work of raising an army to bring down the gods; Zos is just going to go create a few distractions.

The way this works out narratively is that Zos gets to have all kinds of adventures and we read about all of them and it is fun. And Era kind of just hangs out in camp. Two side characters around Era, Hefa-Asus and Nicte, end up being far more interesting and doing more for the plot than Era herself. Era does so little that there's a line in the third book about how Zos is in awe of her and I went, what?, he is? I don't...really remember her doing anything special. It honestly felt like Cameron fumbled pretty badly with Era as a character. She's a "leader" not an "adventurer" and that's always hard to pull on in media, so maybe that contributed to Era's relative disappearance. But Cameron did "leader" pretty well in his Red Knight series, so not sure what really happened here.

The other slight negative is there are almost too many balls in the air here with not enough signposting to remind readers who is doing what (and why) without having to look up the character glossary. It does lead to a great line by Enku-Anu later on but the introduction of Maritaten, Timut-Imri, and even Gul overloaded an already pretty packed cast of characters.

[Eric Wegner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Like the first book, I could not put this down. A fun statement as I was listening to the audiobook.
If you liked the first book you should like this one as well. I can't wait to see how things go in the third book and to see how/if this book connects to the Traitor Son Cycle universe.

[Gregory Mele · Rating 5 out of 5]

A delightful second volume of a fun, surprising saga that is an epic Bronze Age tale of God's and heroes, that feels a bit like a contemporary spy/revolution written with the pacing and tone of an 80s Spielberg film.

Although very different in voice from his previous sagas, there's a decided connection between Age of Bronze, Masters and Mages and Traitor Son. While those stories are not required reading in any way to these stories, the Easter eggs make the idea of a larger universe clear

A solid part 2 with a hell of a cliffhanger...

[Fuecoco · Rating 1 out of 5]

A review of STORMING HEAVEN (Age of Bronze #2) by MILES CAMERON published by Hatchette Book Group (July 20, 2023)

A NetGalley ARC review: The publisher provided me a free copy in exchange for an honest review.

Genre: Fantasy

Recommended for those who enjoyed the first entry in the series “Against all Gods”

Final Rating: 1.5 stars (DNF at 20% —100 pages)

1 star for DNF + 0.5 star for interesting premise.

Overview: Omnipotent gods grow bored in the languid void of immortality and toy with the brief lives of mortal men during a Bronze Age. A plague of cannibals (zombies?) rove a landscape to further terrorize humans. There’s dragons, too. An unlikely cast from various walks of life tell the tale here.

Immediate thoughts: an interesting premise and plot is suffocated prematurely by “this-then-that” prose.

Reflection: Often I felt as though I was reading a stop-motion film where the author described the events frame-by-frame, freezing the action to reposition the characters then starting and stopping on repeat—hoping to achieve fluidity but ultimately only generating stuttering prose.

This is my first DNF of 2023. DNFs—especially DNFs of ARCs—are deeply regrettable for me. I committed to providing an honest review and I hoped to do so with a complete understanding of the entire novel.

I want to also emphasize that this is not a mismatch between reviewer and book, nor is this an anti-indie author argument. One of my favorite novels of all time is the grimdark novel “King’s of Paradise” by indie author Richard Nell.

I hope to revisit Cameron’s work someday. His imagination and zest for the genre is clear.

Constructive feedback:

- The publisher’s description on Netgalley —paired with positive reviews of the first entry online and author presence/esteem on /r/fantasy —convinced me to commit to reading over 1000 pages between “Against all Gods” and “Storming heaven.”

- The essence of the plot holds exceptional promise for an action-driven narrative in a unique fantasy setting.

- To my knowledge, no one has ever written a series with the elements of these novels: immortal gods, mortal men, a plague of cannibals, and dragons.

- The premise is *strong.*

- A good story is not just the sterile listing of sequential events and dialogue.

- Strong writing emphasizes the relationship between the prose and the reader.

- Strong writing understands that the reader is intelligent and autonomous, capable of imagining action occurring in the subtext.

- Strong writing generates anticipation within the reader, should have the reader develop questions about and hold stakes in the narrative.

- Prose does not need to explicitly state each gesture or pose made by each character.

- Readers—especially adult readers interested in the mature themes of a grimdark novel—should be given the freedom to imagine scenes with *sufficient* prompting.

- Imaginative prose is a balance that exists between too much and too little involvement from the writer.

- Worldbuilding can become a barrier to a reader’s investment in the narrative.

- Use caution with exposition and jargon—these can make for an unnecessarily over complicated narrative.

- Keep things simple. Keep them cohesive.

[Viking Jam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rating: 4.8/5

Review: Reviews or assessments of an author’s work are subjective but often based on the quantitative. Fail in building an opinion on a flawed base will render said reviewer bereft of consideration. I rarely call out other reviewers because everyone has an opinion that is unique as are their life predilections. But when a reviewer makes blatant errors in assessing a work, only for their self-aggrandizement, I take exception. Call it defending the defenseless as authors rarely answer the call to defend their works or pointedly respond to diminished attacks.

A reviewer on Goodreads called WiremanReads falls into the realm of most narcissists that ply the emotional ocean in hopes of snagging followers/likes/friends. Let us start with the first statement in Wireman’s review. “…an interesting premise and plot is suffocated prematurely by “this-then-that” prose”. Prose, as defined, is how people talk in everyday life. Usually in novels this takes the form of narration like most of JRR Tolkien’s works, Herman Melville etc. Nowhere, without exception, did I find the dialogue between the characters to be “this-then-that” or normative in exchange. I think most good novels that build characterization have embedded movement or if you prefer “this-then-that“. I think it is called a story line. Oh, and it is “are” suffocated not “is”.

This next brilliant insight dives off a manufactured view that has no basis in fact. This is purely to engender false praise by stringing disparate ideas together. “Often I felt as though I was reading a stop-motion film where the author described the events frame-by-frame, freezing the action to reposition the characters then starting and stopping on repeat—hoping to achieve fluidity but ultimately only generating stuttering prose”. I am still confused about how you READ a film. Besides the obvious non-sensical verbiage this reviewer tends to spew, there is that use of prose again. Is she referencing the movement or the dialogue between the characters? If the prose was stuttering wouldn’t that have been reflected in the dialogue, somewhere? From what I read, the prose was always deliberate and moved the novel along nicely. I get the feeling that this reviewer read about 10-20% of the novel as evidenced by her referent to dragons, in the plural. There was only one dragon.

She goes on to say how she deeply regrets giving a DNF and holds no animosity towards indie authors because her favorite novel was indie blah, blah, blah. Why does this matter? This author is not independent as this novel was published by Gollancz/Orion. What really is the icing on this idiot’s cake is the page of constructive feedback from a reviewer that did not read the novel. She goes on to tell the writer how to write and belabors prose in all its manifestations while sitting on her lofty non-writer perch. So, after about 15 lessons on how to write better she leaves us with this gem, “Keep things simple. Keep them cohesive”. The pot calling the kettle black here. And who's "them"? What, "things"?


This was another great novel by a talented author. Dismiss the narky child that cries for attention.

[Nico · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are books that immerse, books that provoke, and books that remind us of the sheer joy of storytelling. And then there are books like Storming Heaven by Miles Cameron, which manage to do all three with an ease that borders on the uncanny. In this second installment of the Age of Bronze cycle, Cameron doesn’t just continue his saga—he escalates it, deepening the conflicts and expanding the world with an audacity that is both exhilarating and ruthless.

From the very first page, the narrative hurls us headlong into chaos. The war against the gods intensifies, and our protagonists, among them the ruthless mercenary Zos, the newly ascendant godling Daos, and the enigmatic leader Era, find themselves scattered across a world steeped in divine tyranny and human resilience. Cameron's world-building remains an unparalleled triumph, an intoxicating blend of myth, history, and brutal realism. There is a lived-in authenticity to his Bronze Age setting that makes even the most fantastical elements—dragons, god-forged weapons, eldritch divinities—feel entirely plausible.

And yet, for all its grandeur, there are moments where the novel stumbles. The decision to sideline Era, one of the most intriguing figures from the first book, is perplexing. She exists more in the margins than in the meat of the story, with supporting characters often stepping into the role she should have occupied. Given Cameron’s past prowess in writing compelling strategists, this feels like a missed opportunity. Meanwhile, the ever-growing cast occasionally teeters on the brink of unwieldiness, with new characters introduced at a pace that demands a level of attention few novels dare to require. It is a testament to Cameron’s skill that, despite this, the book remains compulsively readable.

What truly sets Storming Heaven apart, however, is its sheer narrative momentum. Cameron knows exactly when to dazzle with spectacle and when to slow the tempo, allowing the full weight of his characters’ choices to sink in. The battles, especially, are a masterclass in controlled chaos—visceral, kinetic, and always serving the larger themes of the novel rather than existing for spectacle’s sake. This is not the polished heroism of classical epics, but something grittier, something closer to the way history actually unfolds: with blood, desperation, and the constant, gnawing fear of failure.

As the novel barrels toward its conclusion, one cannot help but feel that Cameron is setting up something truly seismic for the final installment. What began as a rebellion has become something much larger, a reckoning not only for the gods but for the very fabric of this world. If Storming Heaven proves anything, it is that Miles Cameron is playing the long game, crafting a trilogy that will linger in the mind long after the last page is turned. One might quibble over certain choices, but make no mistake—this is historical fantasy at its most ambitious, and it is a glorious thing to behold.

[Jacqie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Around the World in 52 Books 2024: 39. Two books with similar covers: Book 2
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It's the middle book of the series! It's so hard to make a second book just as good as the first. This book is really enjoyable but it had some second book issues. First, it split up the characters that we spent so long watching get together in the first book. Fortunately they are only split into two groups, and an exploding volcano escape is a good reason to get split up. Second, it's just hard to keep the sense of wonder quite the same now that we have been introduced to the world. Cameron is really stingy with letting us know more about exactly who the gods are, but just a little bit more information comes in this book.

A common theme in this book is learning how to harden yourself and your people to war. One of the two groups includes Zoe, Pollon, Daos,Persay, and their merry gang of merchant/pirate ships. Zos is an experienced mercenary but isn't quite as comfortable on the deck of a ship, and his crews are not yet battle-hardened. Zos's goal in this book is to go to the aid of Maritaten, the Cleopatra analogue in this book whose forces are fighting against the god-kings. The end game that Cameron is going for seems to become more obvious here. Zos tosses some javelins and Pollon is called "deadly archer" several times. In the end, somewhat to everyone's surprise, Zos and his team take an impulsive opportunity to storm Heaven itself to try to disrupt the gods' access to ambrosia, the substance provided by the Dry Ones that seems to provide supernatural healing. I'm curious to see how this will turn out. Oh, in this arc there is also a dragon! The creature that fought the gods' ruler in the last book is free and she's got plans.

Era and her companions, Hefa-Asus, Nicte, Dite, Jawala (who undergoes a transformation in this book), Nannu the donkey and others, all go north to try for the star-stone so that they can smith it into god-killing weapons. Era learns more about being a leader. I'm still not sure why she is in fact the leader except that she put herself forward to do it. She also must deal with tough military and ethical decisions and lots of logistics. There's also a lot of romantic conflict in this group. Oh, well.

Although I could wish that the group had been able to stay together, they are both doing very necessary things and growing and changing tremendously. I'm very curious to see what happens next.

[Mjhancock · Rating 4 out of 5]

The rebellion against the gods continues, as one half of our cast works on the showy diversion, forming alliances and fighting cannibalistic beserkers, and the other half builds up their surplus of god-vulnerable weaponry (and also fighting cannibalistic beserkers, but not as many).

I really enjoyed this book; the characters remain as compelling as they were in the first book, and it's fun to see the frustrations of the scheming gods alongside the minor victories of our heroes. It still feels a bit like a variation of Greek Gods on a new planet, but honestly, that's a pretty positive thing. I think the most damning thing I can say about the book is probably that it's very much a second book in a trilogy--there's clearly a maneuvering into place going on, as Cameron sets things up for the final book. Consequently, there's a lot of happenings that feel either non-consequential or lack the protagonists demonstrating any agency. For about two thirds of the book, the main action is fighting Jekers, the aforementioned cannibals, who aren't really affiliated with the god faction or the rebel faction, which makes the story feel a little like it's focusing on the wrong conflict. Further, it's not even that the Jekers seek them out, for the most part--after the events of the first book, they're scattered, and fighting more or less whomever they come across. Further, while the splitting the party was clearly established as the plan in the previous book, an entire book where the two halfs of your cast rarely meet or affect each other feels a bit weird.

That said, there is a pretty climactic event towards the book's end, and the earlier dragon-related events are fun too. There's a moment where the "that escalated quickly" meme comes into play, and you realize just how it's going to be possible for Cameron to wrap this story up in one more book.
I feel like I've said a lot of negative things here, so I want to emphasize that my overall view of the book is really positive. I really like the place the story wound up, and I like most of the journey to get there. Some of the stops seemed a bit odd, but I'm looking forward to what happens next.

[jlreadstoperpetuity · Rating 4 out of 5]

𝘉𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘻𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳.

A scribe, a warlord, a dancer, a mute insect and a child should have no chance against the might of the bickering gods and their cruel games. But the gods themselves are old, addicted to their own games of power, and now their fates may lie in the hands of mere mortals . . .

Much like any other gods found in any mythology, the gods on this series are to simply put; bored. And when gods are bored, they stir up trouble by unleashing terror to poor, suffering mortals based on their whim. Unfortunately, part of that terror are dragons and zombies (?)

Reading a combined 1k+ pages of this series made me realize how much I wanted to clock a god 😅 They call out mortals as inefficient and insignificant yet their bratty attitudes are not that different to a mortal.

The author skillfully weaved through the tales and pieced them together for a cohesive plot line. Although some transitions are loosely written making it confusing at times, however, the action scenes more than made up for it.

With all the elements of surprise thrown into the mix, you'll really be on your toes page after page.

[Jerome Rondeau · Rating 4 out of 5]

So the war against the gods continue. While Zos prepares his military response, Era is headed north to get the star stone and return a set of eggs to an ancient being.

But it also has human moments and people dealing with oh so human concerns.

Unlike other middle books, it ends on a "to be continued ", but it is more, we have come to this point in the story and not a cliff hanger with everyone scattered to the winds and having to claw their way back.

I also like that this is more bronze age in its setting.

I have two quibbles:
One the map is so small as to be unreadable. I get the this is bronze age and distances were not really codified, but something readable would be nice!

Two, language. Using modern vernacular is jarring. I am getting into the action and then someone says something that rips me out of the fantasy. And that is too bad, because Miles Cameron is immersive. I can see that he is describing, then.....

But I will still get the third volume. Even the bad guys I feel for, and that is a big plus for me!

[Clay Kallam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Miles Cameron pushes all the actual Bronze Age cultures he can find around a Mediterranean that runs south to north instead of east to west, and then gives those cultures different (but connected names). He then creates a pantheon that reflects what most of those cultures believed (no single omnipotent god, for example), and makes that pantheon vulnerable to iron, as well as dysfunctional.

And because the gods are dysfunctional, the humans they lord it over are ripe for revolution, and in this second book of the trilogy, the unlikely band of god-killers takes major steps towards removing their overlords, despite their size and magical powers.

Miles Cameron has never let me down, and "Storming Heaven" is no exception. I pretty much devoured the book and can't wait to read the conclusion. So if you've liked anything he or his doppelganger Christian Cameron have written, jump in with "Against All Gods," and get ready for another fun ride.

[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thanks to NetGalley for this ARC.

The second book in the series is often not as good as book 1, but I think that's not necessarily true here. The subject is kind of original. On the surface its a familiar theme, but there is an undercurrent of.......difference, oddness, complexity......

This book/series is a hard one to review. I am enjoying the story, but it's very complicated, with a lot of switching of viewpoints and the story arc lurches around It took me a while to get back up to speed on the series because of this, and I'm sure I'll be back to square on before the next book comes out. To be sure, I will be reading the next one and I'd still recommend that you do too.

I'm hopeful this Gods, magic, aliens, rebellion etc. gets to a place where the story tangles all come together. An enjoyable mess at the moment!

[Annalise · Rating 4 out of 5]

Still an excellent series that I am very much enjoying but perhaps not as good as the first book where there was this build and a bit of a slow burn as characters came together. This one seemed to bounce around a lot more and perhaps too quickly. Lots of battles and well written with excellent detail and description. A good story - the plot and premise for the series and excellent writing does have me sticking with the series and I am onto book 3. Some things are perhaps not explained very well - we know who the vulture God is and yet I think I missed how he came to be to almighty and powerful and I'm not convinced his reasoning for doing what he is doing makes much sense - but we will see. Audio version narration is excellent.

[Dennis (nee) Hearon · Rating 4 out of 5]

After doing all the heavy lifting in the world building department in the first book, Mr. Cameron now turns to fleshing out the character's traits and personalities. Unfortunately, there are so darn many of them! I was constantly having to refer to the Dramatis Personae to keep everyone straight in my mind. There definitely was more action in this second book of the series, leading to several cliff hangers to be resolved in the third and final installment of the series. Still not quite up to the author's wonderful Traitor Son Cycle, but a step above some of his other more recent efforts. All in all, a very entertaining fantasy series.

[Brandon Pilcher · Rating 3 out of 5]

Plot is getting a bit too complex

The prose is of good quality in general, but the large cast of characters and all the subplots have become a bit much for me to keep track of. You have a large group of mortals revolting against the gods, the gods bickering among themselves, the gods’ former messenger taking control of seafaring cannibals to lead his own rebellion against the gods, and then a dragon searching for her own brood…it’s all a lot to juggle for me. I guess I’m not the biggest fan of such epic and convoluted stories. Still will check out the third and final book when it comes out.

[Marcus · Rating 3 out of 5]

It pains me to give MC a three star review because I love most of his stuff but I just couldn’t get into this story or really care about the characters and I felt like nothing much happened in this book which was an easy and quick 500 page read until the last 100 pages where a lot happened all at once. I feel better pacing or tighter editing or more depth to the events would have made me more invested in things here.

[HungerLunger · Rating 5 out of 5]

Puuh schwierig zu bewerten das Buch...Definitiv noch besser als das 1. Buch, nachdem wir die ganzen Charaktereinführungen aus dem Weg haben und einen ersten Blick auf die größere Hintergrundgeschichte und ein explosives Finale bekommen. Nach wie vor gefällt mir auch sehr gut, dass man auch immer wieder Kapitel aus der Sichtweise der Antagonisten bekommt, vor allem weil die zu den unterhaltsamsten Kapiteln im Buh gehören.

[Mike Fidler · Rating 5 out of 5]

very nice read.

Aimed at a younger audience than me I think. Not the depth of other books by Miles, an attempt to make the story more accessible perhaps? Still my favorite author knows how to spin a fine tale, and his new found perspective on older age action scenes probably mirror his own aches and pains as well as my own.

[Aaron McKinney · Rating 4 out of 5]

7/10

A lot of the things that were great about the first book in the series were continued over into this book. A few more mysterious elements were also introduced. That being said I do think that the first book still edges it out slightly. This book was still good but the first was a bit better in my opinion. Then again that is a pretty common thing for the second book in a trilogy.

[Stephanie Fleming]

Enjoyable, but suffers from being the middle book of a trilogy.

It is pretty much all action and battle sequences throughout, setting up the last book. To me, it feels like too much was set up and not a lot was settled in any way. The last book should sew up all those remaining plot threads, but compared to the first book, I felt like too little was resolved.

[LeRoy W. Hodges · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful next installment in the Storming Heaven series.

Fascinating Unique viewpoint on the foundation of magic in a surprisingly fresh fantasy universe. Cameron's usual amazing ability to build multiple characters who are complex, consistent, and engaging.

[Annarella · Rating 5 out of 5]

Miles Cameron's fantasy novel are always gripping and original. This isn't the story that change my opinion as it's action packed, fast paced, and well written
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher for this ARC, all opinions are mine