Sins of Empire by Brian McClellanMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I love these books. They are so good and McClellan's writing and world building is so assured. If you haven't read the prequel trilogy to this one. Run out and get it now! the Powder Mage trilogy is amazing and after reading the first volume of Gods of Blood and Powder, Sins of Empire, I think its going to be a wild ride.
SoE takes place years after the events in the powder Mage trilogy. Lady Flint (Vlora) and her confidant Olem are back with their Riflejacks in a mercenary capacity in Fatrasta across the sea. They have taken a contract with the Lady Chancellor in Landfall to put down the Palo uprising in the backwaters of the country.
Meanwhile, a large obelisk is discovered in the swamps outside of the city and it gives off strange vibrations and feeling to those around it, driving many crazy.
In a bit of political subterfuge, the Lade Chancellor redirects Lady Flint and her army to Landfall to root out a Palo agitator, Mama Palo, who has been actively stirring up trouble in the mainly Palo held Greenfire Depths. Did I mention the world building? The vision of the Depths is genius.
Throw into the mix, Mad Ben Styke, a hero from the Fatrastan Civil War who is now labeled a traitor and his Mad Lancers disbanded, a scret police force called the Blackhats that are led by their own meglamaniac, and just maybe some old friends from the previous trilogy and you have one hell of a book.
McClellan weaves his threads of story lines in a wonderful way. The warp and weave bringing to life this incredible world and those who inhabit it. Just when you think you have some things straight an Kez fleet shows up wanting the Obelisk and will do ANYTHING to get it.
This is bloody good fun! Read it now!
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