Storming Heaven
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3.0 • 1 Rating
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- $37.99
Publisher Description
Before iron helmets and steel swords, when dragons roamed the world, was an age of bronze and stone, when the Gods walked the earth, and people lived in terror.
A scribe, a warlord, a dancer, a mute insect and a child should have no chance against the might of the bickering gods and their cruel games. But the gods themselves are old, addicted to their own games of power, and now their fates may lie in the hands of mere mortals . . .
By divine plan a plague of cannibals has been unleashed across the world, forming an armada which preys on all who cross their path. Meanwhile the people who allied against the gods have been divided, each taking their own path to attack the heavens - if they can survive the tide of war which has been sent against them.
All they need is the right distraction, and the right opportunity, to deal a blow against the gods themselves . . .
An original, visceral epic weaving together the mythologies of a dozen pantheons of gods and heroes to create something new and magical, this tale of the revolt against the tyranny which began in Against All Gods is a must read from a master of the fantasy genre.
Customer Reviews
Needed more work
The whole story feels like it was pulled together hastily, from disjointed bits and pieces. The world-building is not even half-way finished: gods, monsters, and alien species just pop up out of nowhere, driven by vaguely defined motivations and contending with rather random limitations. But worst of all, while the protagonists know (more or less) what they’re against, they seem to have no idea what they’re for: they know what they want to destroy, but have no idea what they’re going to build. As with so many recent Fantasy epics, this one leaves you with a desire to grab a ‘good old’ Death Star and put this whole world out of its senseless, purposeless misery, gods, heroes, and all.