![]() ![]() ![]() We follow Asho – someone from the lowest class, who rises through believable and dramatic turns of events to be a person of importance. We move through the novel through multiple points of view, and each feel worthwhile – at no stage do you feel annoyed that you’ve left a character you’d rather be seeing more of, and instead are stuck with someone boring. We see how religion ties into the lives of multiple classes of people, and what it means in the bigger picture. The book starts with an epic battle, in which we see an important man (Lord Kyferin) slain, and it’s the aftermath that is what causes much of the plot as we follow what this means for countless people. The numerous races have a caste tier system, reincarnation is discussed over what the majority believe and how this influences how they interact and treat those around them… and of course there are the finely tuned and played politics that are just as easily understood. ![]() This has everything – history presented without info-dumping, and yet you easily understand a great deal about their history, even though there’s numerous races of people involved. ![]() This is the type of book that throws aside any misunderstood preconceptions about self-publishing. Like my previous review, this was read for the final round of the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off 2016 hosted by Mark Lawrence, more of which can be read here. ![]()
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