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This review is from: The Sorcerers' Plague: Book One of Blood of the Southlands (Hardcover)
The Sorcerers' Plague: Book One of Blood of the Southlands is a great new novel that continues the wonderful storytelling that David Coe started in the Winds of the Forelands series.
Continuing with great characterization, wonderful plot and a new intriguing world Mr. Coe sets his bar one higher and may have written his best book yet in my opinion. Grinsa, Cresenne and their daughter, Bryntelle, characters from the first series arrive looking for a new home in the Southlands trying to understand this strange land and even stranger customs and prejudices even from others of their own race. Lici, an old Mettai woman plagued by a past of death and tragedy, seeks revenge on the ones she feels responsible for her loss. Besh, a villager from the same village that Lici has lived for many years, looking into the mystery that is Lici, Besh discovers some interesting facts about her past and goes out try try to stop her and find answers before its too late. Old characters and new, Mr Coe gives them depth and personality in his writing. With a fresh new story and series that will make his fans wanting more. I can not wait until the second book in this series comes out. I highly recommend this book to any fantasy reader.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great author, great series,
By McW (West Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Sorcerers' Plague: Book One of Blood of the Southlands (Mass Market Paperback)
My husband introduced me to this author through Coe's first books, a trilogy called the Lon-Tobyn Chronicles, if I remember right. Those are very enjoyable books, but his Winds of the Forelands books blew me away. The Sorceror's Plague being sort of a continuation of the Winds of the Forelands story (set in the same general world, incorporating a couple of the same characters), I loved reading it as well. I am currently about halfway through the second book in this Blood of the Southlands series, The Horsemen's Gambit, and enjoying it as well.
While the Winds of the Forelands books are almost sort of a thriller heavily invested in complex court politics and race relations, the Sorcerors's Plague involves a bit less of the court politics. The story is, however, still driven by race relations, and it's very interesting. As with the Winds of the Forelands books, The Sorceror's Plague is not your average cliche fantasy with dragons and unicorns and elves and magical creatures and so on. One of the races involved can use a limited number of magic types, and I really like the concept of magic basically draining the user's life each time they use it. It's an interesting explanation for where the power kind of comes from. Long story short, I find these books to be creative and very satisfying reads, so I definitely recommend them - just be sure you start with Rules of Ascension, the first book in the Winds of the Forelands group! (Also be aware that there are some mature themes and content, so you may want to check them out yourself first before giving them to kids; I'd probably rate them PG-13.)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Characters,
By Heather Myst (Columbus, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
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I loved the Winds of the Forelands series so I had to give this series a shot. So far this does not have the action or twists of Winds but the characters are so well developed and I feel as if the story ended in book one just as the plot is about to boil. I'm guessing that we are in for some surprises in The Horseman's Gambit and I am really looking forward to the release of book two. I would rate this at 4.25 stars out of 5.
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