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Warrior Mage
by Lindsay Buroker
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Warrior Mage - the upcoming release from Emperor's Edge Author, Lindsay Buroker, marks a welcome return to the 'Edgeiverse.'
You don't need to read Buroker's other works before diving in to Warrior Mage, but I would thoroughly recommend checking out the Swords and Salt Trilogy, as they do provide further information on Warrior Mage's MC, Yanko, and how he came to meet Lakeo, Prince Zaribo, and Dak (the latter two you may recognise from Forged in Blood II and Republic respectively)
Warrior Mage begins about a month after the final installment of Swords and Salt, with Yanko taking his entrance exams for the prestigious Stargrind Warrior Mage Training School, which he doesn't particularly want to go to. I've always felt a bit sorry for Yanko - he's a bit like Sespian, in that he's being forced in to a destiny that he doesn't quite have the aptitude for, when he'd rather be doing something else - following his own path, instead of the one placed before him that others expect him to tread. It's only after he and the ever sarcastic Lakeo narrowly escape death at the hands of some Nurian Rebels, that Yanko is granted the opportunity to forge his own destiny - but not without great cost and loss of life.
During the course of his journey, Yanko learns to harness and understand his own magic better, even in the face of danger, and with other practiotioners breathing down his neck. He also catches up with a couple of old friends and is introduced to Akstyr (yay!) now studying the Mental Sciences on the Kyatt Islands. Dear lord, he's hilarious. His grasp of the language is like that of the guy in your local Chinese Restaraunt who offers you 'Flied Lice' instead of Fried Rice, and, as expected, he's still getting himself in to trouble.
Like the EE series, Warrior Mage isn't lacking in adventure. In spite of being a brand new series, it dives straight in, and sweeps you along from beginning to end. I'm very much looking forward to the next leg of Yanko's travels.
A well deserved 4.5 out of 5!
Warrior Mage - the upcoming release from Emperor's Edge Author, Lindsay Buroker, marks a welcome return to the 'Edgeiverse.'
You don't need to read Buroker's other works before diving in to Warrior Mage, but I would thoroughly recommend checking out the Swords and Salt Trilogy, as they do provide further information on Warrior Mage's MC, Yanko, and how he came to meet Lakeo, Prince Zaribo, and Dak (the latter two you may recognise from Forged in Blood II and Republic respectively)
Warrior Mage begins about a month after the final installment of Swords and Salt, with Yanko taking his entrance exams for the prestigious Stargrind Warrior Mage Training School, which he doesn't particularly want to go to. I've always felt a bit sorry for Yanko - he's a bit like Sespian, in that he's being forced in to a destiny that he doesn't quite have the aptitude for, when he'd rather be doing something else - following his own path, instead of the one placed before him that others expect him to tread. It's only after he and the ever sarcastic Lakeo narrowly escape death at the hands of some Nurian Rebels, that Yanko is granted the opportunity to forge his own destiny - but not without great cost and loss of life.
During the course of his journey, Yanko learns to harness and understand his own magic better, even in the face of danger, and with other practiotioners breathing down his neck. He also catches up with a couple of old friends and is introduced to Akstyr (yay!) now studying the Mental Sciences on the Kyatt Islands. Dear lord, he's hilarious. His grasp of the language is like that of the guy in your local Chinese Restaraunt who offers you 'Flied Lice' instead of Fried Rice, and, as expected, he's still getting himself in to trouble.
Like the EE series, Warrior Mage isn't lacking in adventure. In spite of being a brand new series, it dives straight in, and sweeps you along from beginning to end. I'm very much looking forward to the next leg of Yanko's travels.
A well deserved 4.5 out of 5!