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Exalted #2
Relic of the Dawn
Against the Deathlords
Dace, chosen warrior of the Unconquered Sun, faces his greatest challenge when he and his men stand between the armies of the Underworld and the population of the city of Mishaka. All his vaunted power will be for naught if his victory costs the lives of those he has sworn to protect. His only chance may lie with the mysterious Lilith, a wild woman who holds secrets of his mysterious past.
About the Author
David Niall Wilson is an acclaimed author and a past president of the Horror Writers of America. His novels include This Is My Blood, To Sift Through Bitter AshesT and Dark Ages: LasombraT.
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250 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published September 20, 2004
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David Niall Wilson has been writing and publishing horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction since the mid-eighties. An ordained minister, once President of the Horror Writer 's Association and multiple recipient of the Bram Stoker Award. He lives outside Hertford, NC with the love of his life, Patricia Lee Macomber, His children Zane and Katie, occasionally their older siblings, Stephanie, who is in college, and Bill and Zach who are in the Navy, and an ever-changing assortment of pets.
David is CEO and founder of Crossroad Press, a cutting edge digital publishing company specializing in electronic novels, collections, and nonfiction, as well as unabridged audiobooks and print titles.
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David Niall Wilson has been writing and publishing horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction since the mid-eighties. An ordained minister, once President of the Horror Writer 's Association and multiple recipient of the Bram Stoker Award. He lives outside Hertford, NC with the love of his life, Patricia Lee Macomber, His children Zane and Katie, occasionally their older siblings, Stephanie, who is in college, and Bill and Zach who are in the Navy, and an ever-changing assortment of pets.
David is CEO and founder of Crossroad Press, a cutting edge digital publishing company specializing in electronic novels, collections, and nonfiction, as well as unabridged audiobooks and print titles.
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August 23, 2020
There was something really nice about this book. A lot of fantasy books lean in on unexpected twists to keep amping up the drama and tension. This one didn’t do that and that was a good thing. There was a bit of honesty to all the characters’ motivation that was refreshing. It was just a good fun pleasant read.
July 11, 2008
Relic of the Dawn is the second in White Wolf’s series of novels based on their hugely successful Exalted property. I read the first one Day as Dark as Night a little while ago, and frankly, didn’t enjoy it. The writing was sloppy, the main character annoyed/bored me, and in general, I just didn’t think it was particularly evocative. So why did I give Relic of the Dawn a shot?
Honestly, I have no idea. Maybe I just felt like I needed more Exalted in my life. Maybe my brain needed to read something mindless. Maybe the stars were right. Who knows? In any case, I read it, and it turned out to be better than the Day as Dark as Night, though it’s no Lord of the Rings either.
Relic of the Dawn chronicles the adventures of Dace, one of the recently reborn Solar Exalted, as he meets up with strangers from the distant past, gets caught up in a plot by soldiers of a deathlord to take over a city, and so on. At only 250 pages, it’s a pretty short, quick read, but it’s fun. Wilson manages to make Dace a fairly likeable character, in that big, gruff, warrior stereotype sort of way. To be fair to Wilson, Dace isn’t (as far as I know) his creation – Dace is one of the signature characters in the line. Which, honestly, makes it more impressive that Wilson can take him and breath some life into the character.
As I said, it’s a short, quick, fun read. People not familiar with Exalted on some basic level probably won’t enjoy it, but you never know. There’s enough explanation that a non-Exalted fan could read it and do ok. But it isn’t groundbreaking in any particular way, and it’s not likely to alter the face of fantasy literature as we know it. Still, I enjoyed it for the few days of amusement it provided me.
Honestly, I have no idea. Maybe I just felt like I needed more Exalted in my life. Maybe my brain needed to read something mindless. Maybe the stars were right. Who knows? In any case, I read it, and it turned out to be better than the Day as Dark as Night, though it’s no Lord of the Rings either.
Relic of the Dawn chronicles the adventures of Dace, one of the recently reborn Solar Exalted, as he meets up with strangers from the distant past, gets caught up in a plot by soldiers of a deathlord to take over a city, and so on. At only 250 pages, it’s a pretty short, quick read, but it’s fun. Wilson manages to make Dace a fairly likeable character, in that big, gruff, warrior stereotype sort of way. To be fair to Wilson, Dace isn’t (as far as I know) his creation – Dace is one of the signature characters in the line. Which, honestly, makes it more impressive that Wilson can take him and breath some life into the character.
As I said, it’s a short, quick, fun read. People not familiar with Exalted on some basic level probably won’t enjoy it, but you never know. There’s enough explanation that a non-Exalted fan could read it and do ok. But it isn’t groundbreaking in any particular way, and it’s not likely to alter the face of fantasy literature as we know it. Still, I enjoyed it for the few days of amusement it provided me.
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