It threatens to kill you if you don’t eat mud. “Life is like a bully that gets laughs by seeing how much humiliation you’ll put up with. As you may tell, Sullivan truly raises his readers’ blood pressure throughout!

Our key players are all chess pieces on a board and now is the time for everyone to make their move. The leaders of the Nyphron Church need to be brought down and as power shifts and plans unfold come with its consequences, and the consequences in this book are mighty high. Hadrian, desperate to fill his father’s legacy and be worthy of heroic deeds, fights with every strength he has left, and our dear Royce faces the biggest tragedy yet, one which determines the man he will become. Empress Modina and Amilia, both deeply trapped in the Regent Saldur’s deceitful plots, secretly make plans of their own but are always on the brink of discovery. In Wintertide Princess Arista, having faced such losses and defeats, loses all hope. The two final stories featured are, Wintertide and Percepliquis and this volume is where all the threads are skilfully brought together, where twists appear at every turn, where our characters truly discover what they are capable of.Īfter following Hadrian, Royce, Arista, Alric, Myron and Empress Modina through many trials and tribulations in the previous instalments our heart strings are truly pulled as Sullivan now tests these characters to their absolute limit. Heir of Novron by Michael J Sullivan is a heart pounding conclusion to the Riyria Revelations. Yet there are those who live in the shadows who still fight, there are two thieves who refuse to give up. The opposition have been defeated, kingdoms have fallen and hope is dwindling. Degan Gaunt, leader of the Nationalist’s rebels will be executed, alongside the Witch of Melengar. At the approach of Wintertide, Empress Modina will marry King Elthelred, the Church’s puppet, and afterwards meet her tragic end.

The Nyphron Church thinks they’ve won, they believe victory is at hand and the world of Elan will be ruled by their tyrannical design. Heroes don’t ride white horses, and the good don’t always win.” There may also be minor spoilers for Heir of Novron as I discuss the plot.

This review will contain spoilers for the previous books in this series, Theft of Swords and Rise of Empire.