7/4/2023 0 Comments Hide out instant edges![]() Finally, finding himself at the edge of the known world, in a Teshveld, a small frontier village. Since then, hunted for his role in the rebellion and a wanted man with a price on his head Raythe has been hiding out and laying low under the assumed name of ‘Dash Cowley’ moving from place to place and running from the might and the long reach of the Bolgravian Empire. Raythe Vyre, an Otravian noble, sorcerer and a commander in Colfar’s rebellion left Otravia four years ago, taking his daughter and fleeing from his homeland when a coup from within allowed the Bolgravian Empire to invade and take power, the subsequent rebellion to win back Otravia failed. A decent start to what could be a very entertaining series if some of the characters could be a little more balanced and treated a bit more fairly. The story had imaginative magic and lore, but was a bit slow in some sections, yet had a strong and exciting ending. A huge waste of potential and a trope I didn't like to see. This person was victimized in more ways than one, and it just seemed to want to elicit a "hey, what a jerk!" emotion from the perpretrators instead of seeing the world through this person's eyes. This just served to move the plot forward to make the murderer 'more evil' and barely a few lines acknowledged their death before chugging along with the plot, their purpose served. It was uneven and it also didn't allow for her as much agency as I was hoping, as she seemed to be one of the most interesting characters.Īnother interesting character - probably the second most interesting one after the character mentioned above - got fridged. And then she bonds with an ancient, spiritual male being that she somehow unquestionably trusts right off the bat. She was either stalked-which, sure, awful-but when she wasn't, she was building a relationship with another man, and hinting at a future love triangle with another man, and nearly all her inner dialogue was about whether to trust or mistrust a man. One thing that bothered me a bit was a lead female character who's actions and reactions were almost entirely based on male acceptance or rejection. And the Empire - and their endless resources of sorcerers and soldiers - are hot on their trail. ![]() The expedition is led by a criminal rebel and his daughter, and they must team up with mercenaries, hunters, and an entire town of hard-pressed refugees as they trek hundreds of miles toward an unproven goal. Three hundred ne’er-do-wells attempt to escape the Empire and go seek riches in uncharted lands. It’s rare that a cover alone made me want to pick this up, but I’m glad I went with my gut, as this one was a lot of a fun. There's only one problem: it means masquerading as an Imperial Cartomancer (an instant death sentence) and finding some dupes to help him mine the istariol in secret, no questions asked.īut somehow, amid the dangers of the road (floods and avalanches, beasts, barbarians and monsters), a strange thing begins to happen: Dashryn starts to care about his ragtag followers and their strange odyssey into the ruins of an ancient forgotten civilisation.īut his past won't let him be: the implacable Imperial Bloodhound Toran Zorne has caught his scent, and Zorne has never yet failed to bring his quarry to ground.Īt the edge of the map, there's no going forward and no going back. So when he gets his hands on a map showing a place outside the known lands rich in istariol, the mineral that fuels sorcery, he sees a way back to power. The erstwhile sorcerer of the Imperial College fled the Bolgravian Empire when his high-flying family fell from grace, but the tyrannical empire is still hunting for him. ![]() ![]() ĭashryn Cowl has run out of places to hide. Follow a renegade sorcerer off the edge of the map, in a thrilling adventure perfect for fans of Scott Lynch, Brandon Sanderson and Sebastien de Castell. ![]()
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