A review by eowyn
An Autumn War by Daniel Abraham

5.0

Great continuation of this excellent fantasy series. It's fantasy only because it's a made up world with a little bit of magic that isn't really magic (what it is is much more interesting to me). I would compare these books to George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones) in that it's much more of a socio-political story of a particular culture going through tumultuous times and told through several characters' individual experiences. But it's much, much less violent and the characters are much more sympathetic while still being complicated and realistic people. One unique thing about the 4 books in this series is that each one takes place 10-15 years after the one before. So we're getting to know these same characters as teens/young adults, then in their 30s, now middle-aged, and over 60 in the last book. Interesting ideas, great characters, well-written, lots of empathy for the characters even the bad guys by the author. Highly recommend to adult fantasy lovers.