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The Lightningfall
An ancient darkness reawakens. An empire casts its shadow over the East. And together they the Lightningfall. Bowen Cord has embraced his gift. He uses his ice-summoning in service of others, while relishing the quiet comfort of raising his family. There is no denying the call to a quest, however, when a mysterious woman arrives at the Aevorn village bearing a stone with the rumored ability to reach the dead. Bowen will have to assemble a disparate crew aboard his new cloudship, traverse the isle-filled skies for hostile lands, and determine who this woman really is—and what she wants. If not, he’ll be unable to stop an empire from burying the world under a reign of ice.
420 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 13, 2018
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Steve Rzasa
98 books104 followersSteve Rzasa was born and raised in South Jersey, and fell in love with books—especially science fiction novels and historical volumes—at an early age. He earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from Boston University’s College of Communications in 2000, and then spent seven years as a reporter and assistant editor at weekly newspapers in Maine. Steve moved to Wyoming in 2007 to become the editor of a weekly newspaper there, and now works at the local library. He and his wife Carrie have two boys and live in Buffalo, Wyoming.
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June 12, 2018
Here's the difference between heroes and villains: Bad guys justify any extreme by calling it "peace" or "safety" or "friendship"; good guys live out the meaning behind those words.
Which clarifies, of course, why I'm not buying Bowen's defection.
The Bloodheart established that Bowen is a man who cares deeply about his family and crew and will fight to the death to protect them. But this book delivers a solid blow to that characterisation. Here in The Lightningfall, Bowen joins the evil empress to champion "peace" and proceeds to terrorise the lands under her direction. I was hoping his actions were a trick to gain her confidence until he started to abuse and assail his own crew.
Villains often ask heroes to serve them. There are definitely effective ways to subvert the hero's typical negative response. But don't expect to find one here.
Rating: 2 stars (Betrayed its characters. Too unbelievable and depressing to enjoy.)
Which clarifies, of course, why I'm not buying Bowen's defection.
The Bloodheart established that Bowen is a man who cares deeply about his family and crew and will fight to the death to protect them. But this book delivers a solid blow to that characterisation. Here in The Lightningfall, Bowen joins the evil empress to champion "peace" and proceeds to terrorise the lands under her direction. I was hoping his actions were a trick to gain her confidence until he started to abuse and assail his own crew.
Villains often ask heroes to serve them. There are definitely effective ways to subvert the hero's typical negative response. But don't expect to find one here.
Rating: 2 stars (Betrayed its characters. Too unbelievable and depressing to enjoy.)
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February 29, 2020
I love this world. So much action and magic. Wonderful read to recover from a migraine.
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