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The Shadow of What Was Lost
By James IslingtonPublisher Description
A young man with forbidden magic finds himself drawn into an ancient war against a dangerous enemy in book one of the Licanius Trilogy, the series that fans are heralding as the next Wheel of Time.
As destiny calls, a journey begins.
It has been twenty years since the godlike Augurs were overthrown and killed. Now, those who once served them -- the Gifted -- are spared only because they have accepted the rebellion's Four Tenets, vastly limiting their powers.
As a Gifted, Davian suffers the consequences of a war lost before he was even born. He and others like him are despised. But when Davian discovers he wields the forbidden power of the Augurs, he and his friends Wirr and Asha set into motion a chain of events that will change everything.
To the west, a young man whose fate is intertwined with Davian's wakes up in the forest, covered in blood and with no memory of who he is. . .
And in the far north, an ancient enemy long thought defeated begins to stir.
The Licanius Trilogy is a series readers will have a hard time putting down -- a relentless coming-of-age epic from the very first page.
"Storytelling assurance rare for a debut . . . Fans of Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson will find much to admire."" -- Guardian
As destiny calls, a journey begins.
It has been twenty years since the godlike Augurs were overthrown and killed. Now, those who once served them -- the Gifted -- are spared only because they have accepted the rebellion's Four Tenets, vastly limiting their powers.
As a Gifted, Davian suffers the consequences of a war lost before he was even born. He and others like him are despised. But when Davian discovers he wields the forbidden power of the Augurs, he and his friends Wirr and Asha set into motion a chain of events that will change everything.
To the west, a young man whose fate is intertwined with Davian's wakes up in the forest, covered in blood and with no memory of who he is. . .
And in the far north, an ancient enemy long thought defeated begins to stir.
The Licanius Trilogy is a series readers will have a hard time putting down -- a relentless coming-of-age epic from the very first page.
"Storytelling assurance rare for a debut . . . Fans of Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson will find much to admire."" -- Guardian
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Diverse charactersEasy to readAddictiveFast-pacedTwistyMagical setting
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“Three and a half stars may not seem like I really liked this book but I did really like this book. As a story. The concepts felt fresh and new and the world created was a fun one to explore, despite how bleak it was. That being said, the characters were less than memorable. I never felt any reason to be attached to them. Asha was a very sympathetic character for most of the book, but beyond her initial arc... not much. And this is a personal thing, but reading ENTIRE chapters that were 10-20 pages long entirely in italics was rough. Still, I had fun. I equate this to a simple popcorn flick at the movie theater.”Likable charactersOriginal writingSuspensefulUnpredictableDark settingImmersive settingDark
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“Fun book with time travel and mystery, not the deepest characters, but fun!”Beth
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Diverse charactersMulti-layered charactersBeautifully writtenDescriptive writingOriginal writingFast-pacedSuspensefulBeautiful settingImmersive settingMagical setting
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Characters change and growLikable charactersDescriptive writingEasy to read
About James Islington
James Islington was born and raised in southern Victoria, Australia. His influences growing up were the stories of Raymond E. Feist and Robert Jordan, but it wasn't until later, when he read Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series -- followed soon after by Patrick Rothfuss' Name of the Wind -- that he was finally inspired to sit down and write something of his own. He now lives with his wife and daughter on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria.
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