I’m one of those readers who had their interest for this book sparked by that bold claim, and I jumped at the chance of reading and reviewing it early expecting it to be a debut that will go down into my ‘best of all time’ lists. I’ll be completely honest here, if any publisher or author decides to put all of these giant, super high profile fantasy authors’ references into a debut work by an unknown author, it seriously better be a masterpiece. Martin, Robin Hobb, Joe Abercrombie, Brent Weeks, Brandon Sanderson, and Patrick Rothfuss”. This novel has been advertised as the debut of the year that’s targeted “For fans of George R. All of which means he's running out of time.Īfter all, some stars fade-but others explode.ARC provided by the publisher-Tor Books-in exchange for an honest review.Ĭonvoluted and complex are probably understatements, but I don’t have any other words to describe the main attributes of this debut.įor those of you who don’t know, The Ruin of Kings have been the fantasy debut that Tor has been promoting heavily for several months now.
Worse, he's now tied to a body that is the literal avatar of a star-a form that is becoming increasingly, catastrophically unstable. His intentions may be sincere, but he's still being forced to grapple with the aftereffects of the corrupted magic ritual that twisted both him and the dragons. Kihrin's goals are complicated by the fact that not all of his 'act' is one. It also means finding an excuse to not destroy the people he loves (or any of the remaining Immortals) without arousing suspicion. Unfortunately, keeping himself classified in the 'pawn' category means Kihrin must pretend to be everything the prophecies threatened he'd become: the destroyer of all, the sun eater, a mindless, remorseless plague upon the land. He believes there's only one being in existence that might be able to stop him: the demon Xaltorath.Īs these two masterminds circle each other, neither is paying attention to the third player on the board, Kihrin.
Relos Var's final plans to enslave the universe are on the cusp of fruition. The Discord of Gods marks the epic conclusion to Jenn Lyons's Chorus of Dragons series, closing out the saga that began with The Ruin of Kings, for fans of Brandon Sanderson and Patrick Rothfuss. Book 5 of 5 in the A Chorus of Dragons series
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