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A review by joeri81
Underlord by Will Wight
4.0
This is again another very good addition to the series, maybe even the best book so far.
The path to become an Underlord isn't reserved for everybody. Up until now advancing was putting in a lot of hard work, training each day and becoming better and stronger on your path. Once you reach Truegold and are at its limits, you still have several important steps to make to become an Underlord. You need to create your soulspace and you need to be capable in creating soulfire. The most important one is however to delve into oneself and understand the motivations why you started practicing sacred arts in the first place. It's not an easy step for our main characters. Definitely not under the circumstances they get themselves into.
That brings us to the actual plot of the story. This book focuses a lot on the rivalry between the Blackflame Empire and the Seishen Kingdom. That rivalry already exists between these two regions, but is sparked up even more by the proposal from Akura Charity. As the weakest Akura vassal territories, they both get access to one of the Akura sacred training grounds, Night Wheel Valley, with treasure abounds and where sacred artists can more easily advance. Their goal must be to advance as many sacred artists as possible to Underlord. Among the Underlords under 35, Akura Charity will pick three that will have the right to participate as a team in the upcoming Uncrowned King Tournament. It's evident that Lindon, Yerin and Mercy are set on participating.
With this as an outset of the story I can guarantee a lot of exciting fights ; the sacred arts that are being displayed in the concluding chapters are (again) the best of what I've read so far in the series. Long before that this book is a treat to get through with some nice twists along the way ... up until the end.
Conclusion:
In short: great book, not more needs to be said. Contrary to my initial intention, I won't continue with the series now (although I really want to), but I'll pick it back up after having finished "The Heroes" from Joe Abercrombie.
Rating: 8.7/10
The path to become an Underlord isn't reserved for everybody. Up until now advancing was putting in a lot of hard work, training each day and becoming better and stronger on your path. Once you reach Truegold and are at its limits, you still have several important steps to make to become an Underlord. You need to create your soulspace and you need to be capable in creating soulfire. The most important one is however to delve into oneself and understand the motivations why you started practicing sacred arts in the first place. It's not an easy step for our main characters. Definitely not under the circumstances they get themselves into.
That brings us to the actual plot of the story. This book focuses a lot on the rivalry between the Blackflame Empire and the Seishen Kingdom. That rivalry already exists between these two regions, but is sparked up even more by the proposal from Akura Charity. As the weakest Akura vassal territories, they both get access to one of the Akura sacred training grounds, Night Wheel Valley, with treasure abounds and where sacred artists can more easily advance. Their goal must be to advance as many sacred artists as possible to Underlord. Among the Underlords under 35, Akura Charity will pick three that will have the right to participate as a team in the upcoming Uncrowned King Tournament. It's evident that Lindon, Yerin and Mercy are set on participating.
With this as an outset of the story I can guarantee a lot of exciting fights ; the sacred arts that are being displayed in the concluding chapters are (again) the best of what I've read so far in the series. Long before that this book is a treat to get through with some nice twists along the way ... up until the end.
Conclusion:
In short: great book, not more needs to be said. Contrary to my initial intention, I won't continue with the series now (although I really want to), but I'll pick it back up after having finished "The Heroes" from Joe Abercrombie.
Rating: 8.7/10