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A review by ianmitchell
The Price of Spring by Daniel Abraham
5.0
This is the final volume of Daniel Abraham's Long Price Quartet, one of the most original fantasy series in a long time, set in a vaguely oriental world where people called poets can control beings called Andat, who are near-omnipotent ideas made flesh. In some ways this book is a bit of an anti-climax after the earth-shattering events of the third book, An Autumn War, but this book still plays an important role to close out the series and address the consequences of the events in the previous book.
The series is really about two characters, Otah and Maati; one who turned his back on the life of a poet and the other who failed as a poet; that is even more apparent in this book as the chapters alternate between their points of view. This final volume sees both men approaching the ends of their life; fitting since the first volume started with them as children.
Like the rest of this series, the book isn't about mighty heroes and epic battles; it is about people trying to make their way through challenging circumstances. If you enjoy character-driven fantasy, I can't recommend this series highly enough.
The series is really about two characters, Otah and Maati; one who turned his back on the life of a poet and the other who failed as a poet; that is even more apparent in this book as the chapters alternate between their points of view. This final volume sees both men approaching the ends of their life; fitting since the first volume started with them as children.
Like the rest of this series, the book isn't about mighty heroes and epic battles; it is about people trying to make their way through challenging circumstances. If you enjoy character-driven fantasy, I can't recommend this series highly enough.