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Warrior Mage
by Lindsay Buroker
I received a free copy from the author in exchange for an honest review.
I really enjoy most of this author’s work but my absolute favourite is her Emperors Edges series so it was with much joy that I returned to that world (if a different continent). Warrior Mage is a full length novel following on from the Swords and Salt collection (3 short stories featuring our hero Yanko). While WM can be read as a stand alone novel I highly recommend that you read the prequel collection as gives great insight into Yanko’s character and features his meeting with two very important characters – his travelling companions Dak and Laeko.
Lindsey writes great adventure stories with interesting and likeable characters and WM is no exception. I particularly like Yanko’s moral compass and how he is concerned with doing the honourable thing even when it may not be particularly convenient. He is polite, kind and decent not because he should be but because that is who he is. He also lacks confidence in himself and is quite naieve which is understandable given the pressure and lack of approval he has laboured under his whole life and I am looking forward to seeing him grow in confidence and hopefully stand up for himself a little more (especially with Laeko) as he continues on his adventure.
And as a fan of EE I LOVED the visit to the Komptis family plantation, the blood thirsty delight of Tikya & Rias’ daughter and Akstyr as an indifferent student guide and linguistic ‘ladies man’.
I am very curious about his mother and why she made the choice she did and I hope we get to see more of Dak as well.
I really enjoy most of this author’s work but my absolute favourite is her Emperors Edges series so it was with much joy that I returned to that world (if a different continent). Warrior Mage is a full length novel following on from the Swords and Salt collection (3 short stories featuring our hero Yanko). While WM can be read as a stand alone novel I highly recommend that you read the prequel collection as gives great insight into Yanko’s character and features his meeting with two very important characters – his travelling companions Dak and Laeko.
Lindsey writes great adventure stories with interesting and likeable characters and WM is no exception. I particularly like Yanko’s moral compass and how he is concerned with doing the honourable thing even when it may not be particularly convenient. He is polite, kind and decent not because he should be but because that is who he is. He also lacks confidence in himself and is quite naieve which is understandable given the pressure and lack of approval he has laboured under his whole life and I am looking forward to seeing him grow in confidence and hopefully stand up for himself a little more (especially with Laeko) as he continues on his adventure.
And as a fan of EE I LOVED the visit to the Komptis family plantation, the blood thirsty delight of Tikya & Rias’ daughter and Akstyr as an indifferent student guide and linguistic ‘ladies man’.
I am very curious about his mother and why she made the choice she did and I hope we get to see more of Dak as well.