For 312 years the rotstorm has blighted the ruins of the Ferron Empire.
Born of an unholy war between gods themselves, it scours the land with acid mists and deadly lightning, spawning twisted monstrosities from its nightmarish depths.
On the Stormwall, the men and women of the Stormguard maintain their vigil – eyes sharp, blades sharper – defending the Undal Protectorate from the worst of the rotstorm’s corruption.
But behind the storm front, something is stirring, kindling the embers of an ancient conflict and a plan to kill a god.
Will Stormguard steel be enough to meet the coming tempest?
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The land is gripped in a claw winter.
The rotstorm has breached the walls of Undal City.
The children of the storm have claimed the Northern Marches.
The deathless mage has been unchained.
The dead god hunts again.
And Floré will raise her gauntlets against them all.
My thoughts: the rot storm finally arrives, bringing the rot folk, the crow men and the creatures it breeds with it. And finally Tullan One Eye has come to fight a god.
Floré is still trying to save the world and find help for her daughter. She will put herself between the people she swore to protect and the storm, she will defy the gods themselves if she has to. Luckily she has her friends at her back and as the war heads to the forest where the Bear god sleeps, do do the last of the Stormguard, Tullen One Eye must be stopped.
There is a lot of action and fighting, there’s also the loss of several characters as we reach the final act, the gods will tear the world apart and it’s quite apparent that they, and Tullen, don’t actually care about anyone else but themselves and their petty squabbles.
Floré is exhausted but somehow battles on, her love for Marta carries her through. Even though there might be no cure, no whitestaff potion or spell, perhaps Marta can learn to control her power and not end up consumed by the skein like her father. There is some hope at the end, and with the gods gone, maybe peace can exist and Floré can finally hang up her gauntlets.
Thank you to Head of Zeus for sending me a copy to read and review. I’m sad the series is over but highly recommend reading it if you haven’t already. It’s out now!
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