Yuros (the west) and Antiopia (the east) are the two continents of Urte, connected only by the Leviathan Bridge, which emerges from the ocean every 12 years when the Moontide ebbs. Mage’s Blood re-imagines the East-meets-West collision of Islam and Christianty in the early parts of the 20th Century. In that sense it’s quintessential modern epic fantasy, but couched in a very expected setting. It walks a fine line though, often refusing to color individuals entirely one or the other. Written in limited third person from multiple points of views, Mage’s Blood does maintain some notion of good and evil.
Tanuva Ankesharan’s best cooking could not match so wondrous a feast as this scavenged meal. …they ate a cold meal of dried meat and breads, washed down with a small flask of arak and some water, all from the wagon’s spoils. There’s even lavish descriptions of food, Sweeping conflicts, clashes of cultures, political and personal entanglements, rich and in-depth magic, and mighty warriors dot the landscape. It should be noted that when I refer to the term epic fantasy, I really mean it.
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That established, David Hair’s first adult novel, Mage’s Blood is one of the better epic fantasy series first instalments I’ve read in recent years.
In a fantasy marketplace that has only recently seen a conclusion to Robert Jordan’s iconic Wheel of Time, and long suffering delays to George R.R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire, I’ve compiled a list of authors and series I can recommend in their place, which includes: Peter Brett’s Demon Cycle, Elizabeth Bear’s The Eternal Sky, Daniel Abraham’s The Dagger and the Coin, and Brent Weeks’s Lightbringer.
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