In The Fires of Vengeance, there was not a single moment I wasn’t engaged in the story. I think the last series that I read that had me this emotionally invested was The Faithful and the Fallen by John Gwynne. Each has their own distinct personality that adds value to the story and their loyalty and love for one another is moving. Watching this band of brothers struggle together, grow along side and support each other was another one of the highlights of this novel. Hadith, Uduak, Themba, and Yaw are great as usual. Queen Tsiora was a huge highlight as we get to see the weight of the crown on her head, while also getting to see the real personality behind the monarch’s mask that she is forced to wear. It was great getting to know the side characters more in this one as well. “This is the choice you need me to make?” Tau asked, choking up. He even begins to heal a little bit throughout the narrative as he grows close to those around him and begins to believe in something greater than himself and his own revenge. He is still very driven, but he developes other motivations throughout this book that make him even more interesting to follow. In The Fires of Vengeance we get more nuanced character development from Tau. His wounds were fresh and he was a very broken, hurting character. It made complete sense that Tau would be who he was in the first book. I don’t mean this as a criticism of The Rage of Dragons. For all that Tau was very compelling in the first book, he also felt somewhat one dimensional at times because how extreme his focus was. His relentless determination, single minded focus on revenge, and incredible drive made him very compelling. Tau was my favorite part of the first book. The first thing I want to focus on is our main POV character Tau. “Keep fighting, and I swear that before it consumes us, we’ll burn our pain to ash in the fires of vengeance.” Book 1, The Rage of Dragons (review here) was my favorite book of 2019 so being able to get an early copy was like a dream come true. This was my most anticipated read of 2020. Receiving this advanced copy did not affect my review in any way. Thank you so much to Orbit Books for giving me this eArc. If the city can be taken, if Tsiora can reclaim her throne and reunite her people, then the Omehi might have a chance to survive the coming onslaught.Ī brilliant continuation combining Evan Winter’s excellent prose, characterization, world building, and edge of your seat action. If Tau succeeds, the queen will have the time she needs to assemble her forces and launch an all-out assault on her own capital city, where her sister is being propped up as the ‘true’ Queen of the Omehi. Desperate to delay an impending attack by the indigenous people of Xidda, Tau and his queen craft a dangerous plan.
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