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Hair’s The Scarlet Tides continues a fantastic epic fantasy series with a great cast, immersive world, and fascinating system of magic that builds to a stunning several-hundred page conclusion in the vein of Steven Erikson, where everything possible happens to everyone. Hair delves into this issue with Kazim, who is an assassin fighting for the shihad that begins to question his morals and those of the other shihadists and crusaders who are lost to zeal and greed or some combination of both. Innocents were killed, villages burned, and lives ruined all in the name of God. In reality, the crusades ended up being opportunities for nobles to gain land, money, and power, often heedless of what got in their way. The original thought or purpose of the crusades was to fight the infidel for God in order to be accepted into paradise, regardless of which side you were on. How can you find paradise by killing innocent people? A quote that I found rather poignant was spoken by Kazim Makani: Not only does Hair explore cultural diversities and similarities, but he also explores the harsh realities of war and the crusades in particular.
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Hair continues to excel in worldbuilding, and the gnosis continues to dazzle with its depth and particularly stars in the battles between gnosis wielders.Īn issue that some readers had with Mage’s Blood – the fact that the two continents are so similar in many ways despite having been separated prior to the Leviathan Bridge’s construction – is explained very aptly, and if I remember correctly someone asks the exact question. If you’ve read Mage’s Blood, you know where our heroes left off – Ramon is a battlemage in the Thirteenth legion and marching to war in the crusading army, Alaron is on the run and chasing Cymbella, Gurvon’s up to his old politicking tricks, Ramita finds herself in way deeper than she had originally thought, and many more new and recurring characters. East and west clash as our heroes are naturally caught in the middle of it all. The Bridge rises every dozen years during the Moontide, and continuing in the traditions of its last two Moontides, the Rondians of the west amass their legions and embark on a great crusade to the east in the hopes that, like the previous two crusades, they’ll return to Yuros rich (if they return at all) – only this time, the Antiopians are gathering an army to oppose the Rondians in a shihad. The western continent of Yuros meets the eastern Antiopia at the Leviathan Bridge, erected by the supremely powerful Ordo Costruo mage Antonin Meiros. The world of Urte is strikingly similar to our Earth in the Middle Ages – specifically the crusading era. Hair began what is now one of my favorite (and one of the more underrated) current fantasy series by completely immersing us in a world so similar yet so new that I can’t help but be impressed with The Scarlet Tides. In fact, I’m pretty sure I read the entire 700-page doorstopper in about 2 days. This is a series I cannot recommend enough' - C.E.It’s no secret to anyone that follows me that I really enjoyed David Hair’s first adult fantasy novel, Mage’s Blood. 'Filled with action, adventure, magic, love, danger and hope.
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What they choose to do with the Scytale could change Urte forever. For Ramon, trapped behind enemy lines, it is one more obstacle in his desperate attempt to get his men safely home.Īnd while the armies of East and West clash in ever-more-bloody conflict, emperors, inquisitors and assassins hunt the Scytale of Corineus, the key to ultimate power, which is in the hands of the most unlikely guardians: failed mage Alaron and market-girl Ramita, pregnant widow of the world's greatest mage. For the Queen of Javon, it is a beacon as she seeks new ways to overthrow her usurper husband and reclaim the country for her brother. In the wake of a devastating battle, everything has changed: the East is rising, bringing equal measures of hope and despair to Urte.įor Elena and Kazim, the victory is a call to arms against the renegade spymaster Gurvon Gyle. Martin and Robert Jordan.Įmperor Constant's crusade is teetering on the edge of disaster. The third in David Hair's epic Moontide Quartet, perfect for fans of Brandon Sanderson, George R.R. 'A tale that encapsulates epic fantasy to its entirety' Fantasy Book Critic, The Year's Top Ten I