Legacy of Ash: Book One of the Legacy Trilogy

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Why his enemies would assign what is essentially a powerful fallen angel to be his butler is never properly explained. Ward also combats the common problems one finds with a slower pace through many means, one of which is his plethora of characters as each one is filled with tension and intrigue. We then move forward to fifteen years later, and the Prince of Hadari plots to set his army upon the lands of the Tressian Republic to further his rule and secure his seat on the Emperor’s throne.

Josiri Trelan would gladly see Viktor condemned to the flames – vengeance for a rebellion crushed and a mother slain. The story plays out all the earlier puzzle pieces that Ward set up at the beginning of the book and the story unravels at breakneck speed that provides a viewpoint of all sides of the battle. But a lifetime would not be enough to express her pride, nor to warn against repeating her mistakes. That’s at least in part down to the setting, Aradane, which has a tangible sense of history in its warring kingdoms, its landscapes dotted with ruined shrines and hidden places of ancient power, and its pantheon of not-quite-hands-off gods. If you're a Librarian and want to process requests, please refer to our Librarian Manual to ensure edits are performed in line with Goodreads policies.And while Josiri plots fresh insurrection, his sister, Calenne, is determined to escape their tarnished legacy and break the shackles of the past. For they know that if the Tressian champion Akadra can sway Duke Josiri and his sister Calenne to align with the Republic, Hadari will be doomed to failure. Leaving things unexplained to cover in future books is all fine but this book is almost unreadable simply because the lack of info needed to make reading it enjoyable. Despite getting less page time, the cast of soldiers, politicians, spies, servants and magical beings beautifully complement the main protagonists, together forming a compelling web of friendships, alliances and bitter enemies, and a broad range of perspectives on the ongoing narrative.

There was a fair amount of violence in this book, but, considering it involved rebels, conniving councilors, and invaders, it wasn’t unexpected. Every epic fantasy novel needs at least one grand battle, and here it’s breathless, exciting, full of drama and with a powerful sense of scale (everything you want from a fantasy battle, essentially) – a suitable point that some authors might have chosen to use as their finale. There’s magic aplenty in these lands, from the power lurking within certain characters to that which binds and animates powerful war constructs, and it lends everything a subtle sense of mystique that works beautifully.Every time I read the description, my mind is instantly transported back in time to when I was a high school freshman seeking out interesting new fantasy series to devour, so I suppose that’s why I couldn’t let the opportunity to read this one pass me by. She caught them at the bridge, where the waters of the Grelyt River fell away into the boiling millrace. It's a brutal business to get a foothold in, so keep moving forward, learn what you can from your rejections, and plough on. To be more specific with the final one, Legacy of Ash by Matthew Ward entranced me and captivated me in a way that no fantasy novel has done in ages.

Some wore council blue, most the sea-grey of Eskavord’s guard, and too many the garb of ordinary folk caught in between. They’d expect her to take refuge in Branghall Manor, or at least strip it of anything valuable ahead of the inevitable looting.Her favourite authors include; Tolkien, Jen Williams, John Gwynne, Joe Abercrombie, Alix E Harrow, and Fonda Lee. On the other hand, Legacy of Ash is a big old book, and it’s a bit of an ask to re-read the whole thing, so I’m delighted to present an overview of the story so far. David Wise, coauthor of The Invisible Government, faulted Weiner for portraying Allen Dulles as "a doddering old man in carpet slippers" rather than the "shrewd professional spy" he knew and for refusing "to concede that the agency's leaders may have acted from patriotic motives or that the CIA ever did anything right," but concluded: " Legacy of Ashes succeeds as both journalism and history, and it is must reading for anyone interested in the CIA or American intelligence since World War II. Oh, and one final praise: Maybe A Song of Ice and Fire tarnished fantasy for me, but I expected Legacy of Ash, an adult novel, to have bad language and prevalent sexual scenes. Mostly in the sections that dealt with the Southshires and their dilemma of being caught up in an incredibly difficult choice.