Battlemage
Age of Darkness, Book 1
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4.4 • 7 Ratings
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Publisher Description
'I can command storms, summon fire and unmake stone,' Balfruss growled. 'It's dangerous to meddle with things you don't understand.'
***Shortlisted for the David Gemmell Award***
BALFRUSS is a battlemage, sworn to fight and die for a country that fears his kind.
VARGUS is a common soldier - while mages shoot lightning from the walls of his city, he is down on the front line getting blood on his blade.
TALANDRA is a princess and spymaster, but the war will force her to risk everything, and make the greatest sacrifice of all.
Magic and mayhem collide in this explosive epic fantasy from a major new talent.
For more from Stephen Aryan and the world of Battlemage, check out:
Age of Darkness
Battlemage
Bloodmage
Chaosmage
The Age of Dread
Mageborn
Magefall
ebook-only novella: Of Gods and Men
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Aryan's epic fantasy debut provides bloody battles and large-scale political intrigue in a land of ancient magic, along with bucket loads of purple prose and a story that asks far more questions than it answers. War is coming to Seveldrom, stirred up by mad King Taikon, a rogue Battlemage called the Warlock, and the Warlock's apprentices. Fortunately King Matthias can count on his own host of eight loyal Battlemages, led by trusted mage Balfruss and crack military leader Vannok, and ably assisted by Matthias's daughter, Princess Talandra, and her widespread spy network. There are hints of larger, ancient forces at work, but little is resolved or clarified in this series opener. With over-the-top psychopathic villainy and graphic battle scenes where "gouts of blood and chunks of flesh rained down... as limbs and pieces of men were sliced away," this is epic fantasy for readers who appreciate extra helpings of carnage with their backstabbing.
Customer Reviews
Great start
One of those stories that builds well with intrigue but is let down by the ending. Also it was confusing to have been set in a time of mythical beasts where mages are able to wield enormous power and privilege yet commoners shun their gifted children.