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Runeblade Saga #5
Days of Broken Oaths
The final blade. The greatest horror.
One runeblade remains unclaimed. To hunt the missing sword, Hervor and Starkad travel to a distant city of soaring spires and labyrinthine politics.
But the city holds a darker secret than its intrigue. Its rulers are ancient beings more powerful than any enemy Hervor has ever faced. And an old foe stalks her from the shadows intent on destroying all she loves.
One runeblade remains unclaimed. To hunt the missing sword, Hervor and Starkad travel to a distant city of soaring spires and labyrinthine politics.
But the city holds a darker secret than its intrigue. Its rulers are ancient beings more powerful than any enemy Hervor has ever faced. And an old foe stalks her from the shadows intent on destroying all she loves.
276 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 20, 2018
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Matt Larkin
100 books174 followersAlong with his wife and daughter, Matt lives as a digital nomad, traveling the world while researching for his novels. He reads approximately a bazillion books a year, loves video games, and relaxes by binge watching Netflix with his wife.
Matt writes retellings of mythology as dark, gritty fantasy. His passions of myths, philosophy, and history inform his series. He strives to combine gut-wrenching action with thought-provoking ideas and culturally resonant stories.
As a child, Matt read The Lord of the Rings with his parents. This sparked a lifelong obsession with fantasy and started him on a path of discovering the roots of fantasy through mythology. In exploration of these ideas, the Eschaton Cycle was born—a universe of dark fantasy where all myths and legends play out.
Matt writes retellings of mythology as dark, gritty fantasy. His passions of myths, philosophy, and history inform his series. He strives to combine gut-wrenching action with thought-provoking ideas and culturally resonant stories.
As a child, Matt read The Lord of the Rings with his parents. This sparked a lifelong obsession with fantasy and started him on a path of discovering the roots of fantasy through mythology. In exploration of these ideas, the Eschaton Cycle was born—a universe of dark fantasy where all myths and legends play out.
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February 22, 2018
The final book is upon us and Matt Larkin has not failed to deliver on the amazing ending to the story that he has been building the past 4 books.
Odin ... ever the manipulator and schemer that he is, has brought the heroes of the story, Hervor and Starkad, the knowledge of the location of the last Runeblade - MISTILTEINN. And so the final journey is set... but this will be unlike any that has gone before. And the price demanded for its recovery may be one that could destroy all that remains of the two.
Larkin has once more taken the many legends of the people of the north countries and twisted and wound them into an incredible story that embodies the mythic adventure of the prequels and merges with a dive into supernatural horror and terror not seen to this extent previously.
His ability to take you into the characters thoughts and emotions - exploring and revealing what truly drives their wants and needs and fears - is exceptional, as well as his world building and story telling skills.
As this story wraps up the interlude in the RAGNAROK ERA, you'll find yourself realizing that many of the characters that you have grown to love - or perhaps HATE - will soon be ending their tales and with that may come some sadness. Yet, the excitement and anticipation of the next part of the journey will have you eager for that next part to begin.
If you love myth and legend..horror and the supernatural.. heroes and villains... you WILL find all of them here.
And more to come..!!
Odin ... ever the manipulator and schemer that he is, has brought the heroes of the story, Hervor and Starkad, the knowledge of the location of the last Runeblade - MISTILTEINN. And so the final journey is set... but this will be unlike any that has gone before. And the price demanded for its recovery may be one that could destroy all that remains of the two.
Larkin has once more taken the many legends of the people of the north countries and twisted and wound them into an incredible story that embodies the mythic adventure of the prequels and merges with a dive into supernatural horror and terror not seen to this extent previously.
His ability to take you into the characters thoughts and emotions - exploring and revealing what truly drives their wants and needs and fears - is exceptional, as well as his world building and story telling skills.
As this story wraps up the interlude in the RAGNAROK ERA, you'll find yourself realizing that many of the characters that you have grown to love - or perhaps HATE - will soon be ending their tales and with that may come some sadness. Yet, the excitement and anticipation of the next part of the journey will have you eager for that next part to begin.
If you love myth and legend..horror and the supernatural.. heroes and villains... you WILL find all of them here.
And more to come..!!
February 24, 2018
Disclaimer first: I received this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
This final instalment of the Runeblade Saga stays true to form; before the story arc around Hervor and Starkad can reach its conclusion, there is another quest to fulfill, another Runeblade to find, bloody battles to be fought and uncanny foes - old and new - to defeat.
To be honest, after everything Hervor and Starkad had been through in the first four books of the Runeblade Saga, I had been wondering what else would be there for Matt Larkin to throw at them - I mean, after battling the Otherworlds: what else could be there?
Oh. THAT.
While I had some suspicions of the final outcome (because: Beowulf...), I did not see this particular "boss fight" coming. But I found it to be a fitting finale to the series.
[Reminder: Don't get too attached to the new and interesting characters in this adventuring party, either, because, let's face it, we know exactly how that worked out in the previous books...]
This final instalment of the Runeblade Saga stays true to form; before the story arc around Hervor and Starkad can reach its conclusion, there is another quest to fulfill, another Runeblade to find, bloody battles to be fought and uncanny foes - old and new - to defeat.
To be honest, after everything Hervor and Starkad had been through in the first four books of the Runeblade Saga, I had been wondering what else would be there for Matt Larkin to throw at them - I mean, after battling the Otherworlds: what else could be there?
Oh. THAT.
While I had some suspicions of the final outcome (because: Beowulf...), I did not see this particular "boss fight" coming. But I found it to be a fitting finale to the series.
[Reminder: Don't get too attached to the new and interesting characters in this adventuring party, either, because, let's face it, we know exactly how that worked out in the previous books...]
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