#Moontide quartet ascendents rite series#

#Moontide quartet ascendents rite series#

MageвЂ™s Blood, the first volume of a series called The Moontide Quartet, is HairвЂ™s first work of adult fantasy. * Fanboy Comics on Mage's Blood * Read more.David Hair is the award-winning writer of two young adult fiction series, The Aotearo and The Return of Ravana (based on the Vedic epic The Ramayana). The scale is similar and impressive, and Hair's ability to bring together multiple plot lines is genuinely impressive. reminiscent of Robert Jordan's excellent Wheel of Time series. This strong debut should draw in fantasy readers of all stripes * Publishers Weekly on Mage's Blood * Mage's Blood is an immense, complicated, blood-soaked fantasy epic. Martin's 'Ice and Fire' and Robert Jordan's 'Wheel of Time' novels and is sure to please those authors' many fans * Library Journal Starred Review on Mage's Blood * Hair portrays a stark and beautiful world breaking apart, with both good and evil characters desperate to reshape it through magic, war, and treachery.

Martin, Brandon Sanderson, and Patrick Rothfuss * Monster Librarian on Mage's Blood * Hair's first foray into adult fantasy is similar in scope to George R.R. In more ways than one, this book could be huge - an honour I dare say David Hair deserves * Tor.com on Mage's Blood * Fans of Game of Thrones will delight in the existence of this different-yet-similar fantasy series * New Myths on The Moontide Quartet * There's a little something for everyone here - conspiracies, political backstabbing, high magic, swordplay, a smattering of romance, and more. 4.5/5 * Bibliosanctum on The Moontide Quartet * 'This is one of those books that is so epic, that gets you so involved and is such an investment in time and emotion, that there is a little sting of regret that the ending had to come at all and you immediately want to go back to the beginning and see how much riper it is second time around * British Fantasy Society on Mage's Blood * Makes for an outstanding start to a series which promises to recall epic fantasy's finest. Series * A Bitter Draft on The Moontide Quartet * Modern epic fantasy at its best * Fantasy Book Critic on Scarlet Tides * Readers of epic fantasy should definitely check out this series. proves that fantasy can have a basis in mediaeval ideas and still remember to give a role to women and non-white cultures * Fantasy Review Barn * 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. one of the better epic fantasy series first installments I've read in recent years * Staffer's Book Review on Mage's Blood * The Moontide Quartet has everything I am looking for when I want a truly epic feel. This is the first volume in a tremendously exciting series and one, which I'll be following with great interest in the next few years * Fantasy Book Critic on Mage's Blood * Hair tells his story with aplomb in clear and concise prose. The sense of chaos, endless politicking between factions and urge by characters to make sense out of events beyond their control is palpable as the pace becomes more and more frantic * on Unholy War * The author has managed to bring about a mirror to the complex and fascinating historical conflicts that occurred during the middle ages and gives it a drastic mystical kick. New powers must rise to save or damn Urte, and on the mighty Leviathan Bridge itself, all will be decided.

The time has come for the Rite of Ascendancy to be performed. And in the East, Seth Korion's Lost Legions must navigate treacherous roads to gain safety, bearing secrets that could bring down the Emperor. But standing between her and her goal is a band of deadly mercenaries playing a dangerous game of their own. In Javon, Cera Nesti, the imprisoned queen, has been freed, and plots to take on the overwhelming might of the Rondian Empire.

They have lost the Scytale of Corineus, the key to the Rite of Ascendancy, as well as one of Ramita's infant sons, to the hands of their deadliest enemies. For failed mage Alaron and his companion Ramita - widow to the mage who built the Leviathan Bridge - the unthinkable has happened. The last few months of the Moontide - when the bridge connecting East and West rises above the sea - has come, and in the West Emperor Constant prepares the final phase of his plan to conquer the East.