Smoke and Rain
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4.3 • 3 Ratings
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Publisher Description
What happens when heroes are as broken as the world they must reforge?
A mad king's genocide destroyed Alea's home and left her sanity in tatters. Wracked with grief, she now faces a lonely life in a strange city. The war has other plans. Caught in the crossfire between the gods and their creators, Alea's new friend Arman abandons his idyllic jeweler's life—and his humanity—to protect them both from the coming terror.
Across enemy lines, bastard lieutenant Brentemir Barrackborn is horrified by the blood on his hands. If he has any hope of redemption—or surviving the war—he must choose between his newfound family and the gods he worships.
As Arman and Brentemir's sacrifices grow, Alea realizes that only the darkness inside her can end the bloodshed.
Smoke and Rain won New Apple Literary's Excellence in Independent Publishing Award in 2015 and a Literary Titan Gold Award in 2020
Customer Reviews
This is an excellent beginning to what I sure will be a Classic of Fantasy Epics.
A quote from the Author's Acknowledgements: "Thank you to my first critique partner, Rissa for reminding me that my characters need to be people, no matter how unflagging the descriptions of their cities may be." The author did pay attention to that advice, however, she has also added enough descriptions of places and things to help you picture everything very easily. The characters are believable and very lifelike. She blurs definition of what is 'Human' nicely. The story is well written and engaging, thee pace of the story is excellent fast enough to keep you reading, yet slow enough to let absorb everything that is going on. This is an excellent beginning to what I sure will be a Classic of Fantasy Epics. If you like Raymond Feist, Mercedes Lackey, and the works of S. G. Prince, you will love the works of V. S. Holmes.
I did receive this book for free from the author, with no strings attached. I have written this review of my volition.