Piaffe

The Legacy of Three #1

by Rhi Etzweiler

Five years after his forced conscription, Eldrenji Sorenne and his insignis, Davyn, are present to witness the Emendati forces receiving Jaedyn Myfala into their ranks. As the squad's medic, it's his responsibility to ensure the already wounded man makes it to the training facility in one piece.

Jaedyn is a disenfranchised orphan with nothing to his name but that--a name, and a stone as smeared with blood as his memories. He's watched his sire die twice in the span of a decade, and he's determined to make someone pay. Ethos and respect have intrinsic value that those around him seem only ready and willing to exploit. Conscription and the consensus that comes with it are all he has left. The prospect of an insignis means he won't be alone; at least there'd be someone watching his back. It's the best he could hope for.

But Jaedyn presents a danger: to himself and Modalynde, his insignis; to Eldrenji and his well hidden secrets; to the forces nearest him, regardless of their prowess or skill. He has vengeance on his mind, a strange amulet resting on his chest, and five kinds of trouble on his heels.

About The Legacy of Three:
When the paen revolted, they toppled mardonken civilization from its pinnacle back into an agrarian struggle for survival. They destroyed all but a remnant of the powerful summa who once served the three races as immortal leaders.

Though generations have passed since the Revolt laid waste to half a continent's ecosystem, left every metropolis in crumbling, skeletal ruins, and extinguished the flame of Aedis Idolon's bloodline, Alea's thirst for summa blood is not yet quenched. In order to find the final three and free the Paen forever from the oppressive rule of those who would control the endless line of ancestral knowledge, Alea must hunt down those mardonken who hold the keys to awakening them.

The mardonken and insigni sworn to guard the legati, the last of the summa, will stop at nothing to ensure their preservation.
No cost too great, no sacrifice too large, no wound too deep.

Genres: Fantasy

385 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 20, 2017

About the author

Rhi is an avid reader and writer of all things speculative fiction. If it's got an otherworldly aspect, they've probably heard of it, read it, reviewed it, and fell in love with one of the characters.

"I love the stuff with a dark edge. Not those cheesy BDSM scenes," Rhi clarifies, "but psycho-thrillers that f*ck with your head. It's like that video of Pyro with a bubble gun. Or Charlie visiting Candy Mountain. Hannibal frying up some guy's frontal lobe and serving it to him. Or, ya know, Deadpool. Yeah, he's my hero."

Reviews

[Bucletina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Full review cuando ordene mis ideas, pero...

Difícil, complejo, rico, y que desafía la imaginación y los recursos propios del lector, que no regala nada ni facilita la aventura.
Puramente Rhi.
Formidable. Aguardo con ansias el próximo

[Gwen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I finding this book a bit difficult book to review without giving away the adventure. Overall I really enjoyed the story and am eagerly awaiting the next book. But I think I could have done with a glossary with this one (at least I couldn't find one in my ebook), Rhi has done such a great job of world building that at times I felt like I was reading Klingon, it was like ......whaaats this again???? and heh???? and read that sentence again... but damn I enjoyed the ride none the less, it really challenged my imagination which was great for a change.
Yip ... that's all you guys are getting lol!

[Rhi Etzweiler]

Please feel free to pull the glossary content from my website if it's not included at the back of your ebook.

**There is actually an error in PIAFFE, on pg 133 line 5 of the paperback or the bottom of page 62 in the PDF version, where "ballatode" should read "courbette" instead.**

Also, please join me for book discussion over in my group if you have questions, as I will monitor the group activity and respond and engage accordingly.

You can also find extras and supplemental tidbits on my blog, rhianonetzweiler.blogspot.com, which will be posted throughout the course of release week. Subjects include the insigni, the sacred manda groves, and pictures of the full cast of characters. Happy reading!

[Francesca]

No ratings.
Kudos for the ambitious world building and the scope and breadth of the story.
But i found it too verbose to really enjoy it fully

[Dony Grayman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Volumen 1 de una serie que creo que por ahora sigue constando de este solo, siete años después.

[Anne Barwell · Rating 3 out of 5]

I loved the characters, and the plot was interesting but felt the author uses too many made up or strange words. I kept getting pulled out of the story because of them, and was left feeling 'huh?' a lot of the time. There's a handy glossary at the back, but that's not helpful when reading an ebook.

More detailed review to come.