As powerful dragonstorms spiral Tarkir into chaos and wild dragons darken the skies, the five clans fight alongside their new Spirit Dragons for supremacy over the land. Find your clan, join the fight, and take back the skies.
Cassandra Khaw is an award-winning game writer. Their recent novella Nothing but Blackened Teeth was a British Fantasy, World Fantasy, Shirley Jackson, and Bram Stoker Award finalist. Their debut collection Breakable Things is now out.
This one was difficult for me to get into at first because the first episode was very lore heavy and info-dumped a lot of Tarkir history that I didn't particularly care about. But once the ball got rolling, it was super engaging. Jace continues to make bad decisions and we love him for it.
Jace is a puddle now, lol. My favorite part of this was the relationship between Narset and Elspeth; their shared struggle of interacting with other people was interesting. Narset's complicated relationship with Shuko was also interesting and I was disappointed that it didn't pay off in any way. Of the side stories, I thought "The Unknown Way" was very cute and heartwarming. "Betrayal" was interesting as well. I found the other three forgettable.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
I can't wait until I never have to think the word "Tarkir" again. And this story had the gall to do Jace stuff at me too. And the other thing that happens (you know what). Just a wild collection of stupid decisions and bad writing. I've never missed pre-War of the Spark magic story as much as I do now.