This book is set in a post Apocalyptic world where technology has
been truncated by some unknown source. This story focuses on the children
of the initial survivors featured in the Dies the Fire, the first three books.
This book is the 5th of seven in the second series set in this
world. Rudi and Mathilda are prominent in this volume but not
dominant. Baroness Tiphaine d'Ath, Grand
Constable of the PPA is featured throughout the book but many characters from
the previous books have their very own chapters in this book.
This book does a lot of flash backs. I can't decide if it would clarify or confuse
if you were reading it as a stand alone.
Frankly I would not recommend it as a standalone. It is, in many ways, a summation of much
that has gone on before due to the flash backs.
The beauty of an ongoing saga is that you can do a flash back and
flesh out a minor mention in a previous book until it is several chapters in
the current book. This isn't a bad thing
if you like reveling in the minutia of the characters, which I do.
Polytheism is a staple throughout the series and some explanation
of such is provided in this book. Based
on the way the story jumped from one time and location to another, it often
felt like a book of short stories. In
spite of what may appear to be a critical review, I still liked the book.
I highly recommend the series.
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This book may have been received free of charge from a publisher or a publicist. That will NEVER have a bearing on my recommendations.
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