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Promise of Blood
by Brian McClellan
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The world in which the country of Adro is set is well designed. The country is completely surrounded by mountains which makes it a tough nut to crack for any neighboring country that wishes to invade it. They either have to cross the Adsea or come through a narrow, well-defended pass at South Pike Mountain. This means that the people can enjoy life a bit more and become more civilized instead of worrying about being attacked all the time.
There are multiple races. I'm having problems pigeon-holing them. Ka-Poel's face was freckled with bright red hair, coming from a much warmer place and favoring a wide-brimmed hat. Perhaps its good that we can't map them to racial types in our own world; we're prevented from merely dropping stereotypes into our imagination.
The magic system(s) are also well designed. The traditional magic of most fantasy books would be called the Privileged in the Powder Mage Trilogy, trained magicians wearing gloves and using hand movements to control their spells. More powerful than the Privileged are the Predeii; less powerful are the Marked, and then those with a Knack. I like the Knack concept because it sort of like a minor "super power" (telling whether someone is honest with you or not needing sleep) and many people might have one. In addition, there are other possible types of magic users (as typified by Ka-poel).
The religion is based on 9 or 10 gods (therefore polytheistic) where the first god descended to earth on a rope; he then called his brothers and sisters to join him. Therefore the primary symbol is a rope, not a cross. I'm still not sure why a rope-based religion would so resemble the Catholic church in organization.
One of the main characters is Adamat, a police inspector. In some ways, Adopest, Adro's capital city, is both more civilized and less civilized than a corresponding medieval European city, therefore, while the European city might barely have a police force, Adopest has detectives.
This is one of the first Kindle books that I've read in a LONG time that had no noticeable typos in it. What a relief.
I'm looking forward to reading the next book in the trilogy.
The world in which the country of Adro is set is well designed. The country is completely surrounded by mountains which makes it a tough nut to crack for any neighboring country that wishes to invade it. They either have to cross the Adsea or come through a narrow, well-defended pass at South Pike Mountain. This means that the people can enjoy life a bit more and become more civilized instead of worrying about being attacked all the time.
There are multiple races. I'm having problems pigeon-holing them. Ka-Poel's face was freckled with bright red hair, coming from a much warmer place and favoring a wide-brimmed hat. Perhaps its good that we can't map them to racial types in our own world; we're prevented from merely dropping stereotypes into our imagination.
The magic system(s) are also well designed. The traditional magic of most fantasy books would be called the Privileged in the Powder Mage Trilogy, trained magicians wearing gloves and using hand movements to control their spells. More powerful than the Privileged are the Predeii; less powerful are the Marked, and then those with a Knack. I like the Knack concept because it sort of like a minor "super power" (telling whether someone is honest with you or not needing sleep) and many people might have one. In addition, there are other possible types of magic users (as typified by Ka-poel).
The religion is based on 9 or 10 gods (therefore polytheistic) where the first god descended to earth on a rope; he then called his brothers and sisters to join him. Therefore the primary symbol is a rope, not a cross. I'm still not sure why a rope-based religion would so resemble the Catholic church in organization.
One of the main characters is Adamat, a police inspector. In some ways, Adopest, Adro's capital city, is both more civilized and less civilized than a corresponding medieval European city, therefore, while the European city might barely have a police force, Adopest has detectives.
This is one of the first Kindle books that I've read in a LONG time that had no noticeable typos in it. What a relief.
I'm looking forward to reading the next book in the trilogy.