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Sage Saga #4
Of Heroes and Villains
The Age of Peace has arrived. For the first time in history, the Kingdoms are united, and Sages are being born.
But there is a new horror on the horizon.
An evil remnant from an ancient time threatens the stability, and those that survived the ordeal with Thorn now find themselves facing an enemy that is beyond their abilities.
Meanwhile, Bastion, a young Sage haunted by his childhood, finds a destructive power growing inside of him that desperately seeks a release. With the new problems facing Allay, he’s unsure if his teachers will be able to help him control it. And soon, he finds himself wondering if the darkness inside of him should be purged, or embraced...
Praise for the Sage Saga:
“I read and loved all the other books in the series, loved them all.”
Book Reviewer
"I found myself hooked."
Amazon Reviewer
"I couldn't put it down. Lots of adventure and heartbreak. I loved the depth that the author takes you too in falling in love with the main characters." - Amazon Reviewer on The Dark Kingdom (Book 2 of the Sage Saga)
"A warning, it is a trap. Once you start you can't put it down. I had to read it start to finish an immediately get the rest of the series." - Amazon Reviewer
But there is a new horror on the horizon.
An evil remnant from an ancient time threatens the stability, and those that survived the ordeal with Thorn now find themselves facing an enemy that is beyond their abilities.
Meanwhile, Bastion, a young Sage haunted by his childhood, finds a destructive power growing inside of him that desperately seeks a release. With the new problems facing Allay, he’s unsure if his teachers will be able to help him control it. And soon, he finds himself wondering if the darkness inside of him should be purged, or embraced...
Praise for the Sage Saga:
“I read and loved all the other books in the series, loved them all.”
Book Reviewer
"I found myself hooked."
Amazon Reviewer
"I couldn't put it down. Lots of adventure and heartbreak. I loved the depth that the author takes you too in falling in love with the main characters." - Amazon Reviewer on The Dark Kingdom (Book 2 of the Sage Saga)
"A warning, it is a trap. Once you start you can't put it down. I had to read it start to finish an immediately get the rest of the series." - Amazon Reviewer
- GenresFantasy
298 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 13, 2014
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Julius St. Clair
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I'm always interested in meeting new people and if you would like to talk, you can contact me at the e-mail address: juliusstclair@yahoo.com.
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February 22, 2015
5 years after the events of Hail to the Queen, The Age of Peace has arrived and with it the unity of all the kingdoms.
Along with the discovery of Quietus survivors, a new threat to the peace comes to Allay's attention. Rogue Sages have threatened the survivors of Quietus and shockingly they are far more powerful than James who was believed to be the strongest living Sage.
Meanwhile Bastion, a young Sage with amazing power has come to the world's attention. He fears his already immense power and seeks a way to control it so he doesn't harm anyone.
Of Heroes and Villains is an interesting start to a new Sage Saga trilogy. The book started slowly and I wasn't sure for a moment if it still had the interesting aspects the first trilogy did, but it definitely found what makes it uniquely interesting before the end. I think the reason it started slowly is because despite the fact that we all want to live in peace, peace makes for a boring fantasy story. Of course a new major conflict had to occur and this conflict comes from quite an unexpected place. This new conflict alone has me intrigued to read the rest of the series.
All the main characters that survived Hail to the Queen appear. Queen Catherine is still the leader of the land despite her naïveté. Arimus is mostly in retirement making up for lost time with his wife Ashalynn. James is now considered The Master Sage and is days away from opening a Sage Academy in the place of the old Sentinel Academy. All the characters seem practically the same as they were at the end of Hail to the Queen except that Arimus is a bit more laid back.
Bastion is an interesting addition. An extremely powerful youth who is about to join the sage academy. Bastion is an incredibly serious character who seems to never had an opportunity to live like a child because of his traumatizing past and since his family lives on the outskirts of the village. It's clear even without the note from the author that this Sage Saga trilogy will revolve more around Bastion than anyone.
Unfortunately like its predecessors Of Heroes and Villains suffers from poor editing. The book is riddled with grammatical errors along with using the wrong words from time to time. Most disturbing to me is the fact that repeatedly the one armed warrior Arimus is referred to as crossing his arms, placing his hands to his sides, and so forth. The amount of times it occurs is a bit disheartening. Despite these errors Julius St. Clair has written a good book.
Of Heroes and Villains has peaked my interest enough to keep reading this new Sage Saga trilogy. St. Clair has a marvelous imagination and I thoroughly enjoy what he brings to life with it.
3 out of 5 stars
Along with the discovery of Quietus survivors, a new threat to the peace comes to Allay's attention. Rogue Sages have threatened the survivors of Quietus and shockingly they are far more powerful than James who was believed to be the strongest living Sage.
Meanwhile Bastion, a young Sage with amazing power has come to the world's attention. He fears his already immense power and seeks a way to control it so he doesn't harm anyone.
Of Heroes and Villains is an interesting start to a new Sage Saga trilogy. The book started slowly and I wasn't sure for a moment if it still had the interesting aspects the first trilogy did, but it definitely found what makes it uniquely interesting before the end. I think the reason it started slowly is because despite the fact that we all want to live in peace, peace makes for a boring fantasy story. Of course a new major conflict had to occur and this conflict comes from quite an unexpected place. This new conflict alone has me intrigued to read the rest of the series.
All the main characters that survived Hail to the Queen appear. Queen Catherine is still the leader of the land despite her naïveté. Arimus is mostly in retirement making up for lost time with his wife Ashalynn. James is now considered The Master Sage and is days away from opening a Sage Academy in the place of the old Sentinel Academy. All the characters seem practically the same as they were at the end of Hail to the Queen except that Arimus is a bit more laid back.
Bastion is an interesting addition. An extremely powerful youth who is about to join the sage academy. Bastion is an incredibly serious character who seems to never had an opportunity to live like a child because of his traumatizing past and since his family lives on the outskirts of the village. It's clear even without the note from the author that this Sage Saga trilogy will revolve more around Bastion than anyone.
Unfortunately like its predecessors Of Heroes and Villains suffers from poor editing. The book is riddled with grammatical errors along with using the wrong words from time to time. Most disturbing to me is the fact that repeatedly the one armed warrior Arimus is referred to as crossing his arms, placing his hands to his sides, and so forth. The amount of times it occurs is a bit disheartening. Despite these errors Julius St. Clair has written a good book.
Of Heroes and Villains has peaked my interest enough to keep reading this new Sage Saga trilogy. St. Clair has a marvelous imagination and I thoroughly enjoy what he brings to life with it.
3 out of 5 stars
July 25, 2015
"Of Heroes and Villains" is the next book in the Sage Saga series. Catherine has ruled peacefully, her kingdom started to grow. She talked to people and accepted their terms and problems. Prattlian and Langoran are now apart of Allay. This peace has lasted a long 5 years. The even have something called Orders. There are three orders, one for each kingdom, they are something like churches.
Everyone has thought that the Quietus were all wiped out, until some kids came to report that they think that find some. James, now Master Sage, took on the assignment to go look for them and bring them back to offer peace and give them a home. Catherine asked Arimus to go with him and he does. Meanwhile, a new comer Bastion is all mighty and powerful. He doesn't know how to control his powers like everyone else. He makes a couple of friends and an enemy before the day the new Sage Academy opens up. Bastion makes a great addition to what is to come about Allay, and he has the power to save the world.
As James and Arimus arrive at the old kingdom of Prattle, the Quietus are quite aggressive. They said something about the Sages telling them that they need to join them for what is to come. James wants to know what their talking about so he asked a bunch of questions but still no useful information. They bring back the Quietus and they proved food and a little shelter. Until the leader of the Quietus brings about some interesting information. Knowing this information, Catherine takes it to Zain, the king of Langor and Tyuin, the king of Prattle and has James promote some of the students to Master Sages and tells him to go back to Prattle to find out who they are. When him and the seven students arrive things don't goes as they planned. Lakrymos, one of the sages of old and Orchid appear before James and his students. Kills most of his students and leaves 2 alive making him chose. It was a sick game. Lakrymos wants to take over Allay and turn them into a kingdom full of warriors so they can stopped the oncoming threat.
Towards the end Catherine gives the people a decision and they wanted Lakrymos to lead them because he was known for his valet efforts. Catherine steps down and they all plan to leave, but Lakrymos comes a little to early. He takes on their offer "if they can at least harm them then they are free to leave with whoever wants to come". They win but Bastion, who wanted to go has to stay. James does the unthinkable and goes back with Bastion's friends Kent and Daisy, to persuade him to their side and make sure he doesn't do anything he regrets.
This book kinda made me mad. The order is made up of a bunch of greedy a-holes, who just want someone bigger and badder than Catherine for king. Especially the order master's son he was a big butt too. Like in the other books this did have a bunch or grammar errors and what not but still another book to the series.
Everyone has thought that the Quietus were all wiped out, until some kids came to report that they think that find some. James, now Master Sage, took on the assignment to go look for them and bring them back to offer peace and give them a home. Catherine asked Arimus to go with him and he does. Meanwhile, a new comer Bastion is all mighty and powerful. He doesn't know how to control his powers like everyone else. He makes a couple of friends and an enemy before the day the new Sage Academy opens up. Bastion makes a great addition to what is to come about Allay, and he has the power to save the world.
As James and Arimus arrive at the old kingdom of Prattle, the Quietus are quite aggressive. They said something about the Sages telling them that they need to join them for what is to come. James wants to know what their talking about so he asked a bunch of questions but still no useful information. They bring back the Quietus and they proved food and a little shelter. Until the leader of the Quietus brings about some interesting information. Knowing this information, Catherine takes it to Zain, the king of Langor and Tyuin, the king of Prattle and has James promote some of the students to Master Sages and tells him to go back to Prattle to find out who they are. When him and the seven students arrive things don't goes as they planned. Lakrymos, one of the sages of old and Orchid appear before James and his students. Kills most of his students and leaves 2 alive making him chose. It was a sick game. Lakrymos wants to take over Allay and turn them into a kingdom full of warriors so they can stopped the oncoming threat.
Towards the end Catherine gives the people a decision and they wanted Lakrymos to lead them because he was known for his valet efforts. Catherine steps down and they all plan to leave, but Lakrymos comes a little to early. He takes on their offer "if they can at least harm them then they are free to leave with whoever wants to come". They win but Bastion, who wanted to go has to stay. James does the unthinkable and goes back with Bastion's friends Kent and Daisy, to persuade him to their side and make sure he doesn't do anything he regrets.
This book kinda made me mad. The order is made up of a bunch of greedy a-holes, who just want someone bigger and badder than Catherine for king. Especially the order master's son he was a big butt too. Like in the other books this did have a bunch or grammar errors and what not but still another book to the series.
October 31, 2014
Really interesting world - lots of moral ambiguity, great characters.
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