Winter has come up with a world as detailed as any in the genre, and what’s more, he’s done it drawing from places we don’t normally see in fantasy. You might think that, in its rush to keep the plot moving, The Rage of Dragons would lose depth, but it doesn’t. Here, revelations and fights and character development come fast and furious, and it’s kind of thrilling. I love A Song of Ice and Fire, but sometimes it seems like chapters go by before anything of note happens, especially in the later books. Tau grows by leaps and bounds throughout the book, always learning new things about himself and the world. I won’t give away everything, but it seems like there are major events happening on every other page. Then, pretty immediately, he’s tossed into the fire. He’s a member of the Omehi, a people who have been engaged in a 200-year-long war to keep their land safe from the native inhabitants of the continent they’ve colonized. Right at the top, we’re quickly introduced to our main characters, most notably Tau Solarin. I don’t think I’ve ever read a fantasy book so quickly paced as this I’m not sure I’ve read a book as quickly paced as this. The Rage of Dragons flies in the face of this.
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Sometimes it’s because publishers want to stretch out a series to make the most money out of it, sometimes it’s because authors fall so in love with their worlds that they just have to explore every nook and cranny whatever the reason, fantasy bloat is real, and it can get annoying. #sff_ComingSoon: THE RAGE OF DRAGONS by Evan Winter (paperback) – /SRsCqCVxKyĮpic fantasy series tend to run long. If you’re looking for a new fantasy book to read, here’s why you should choose this one. I didn’t love everything about it, but it injects a ton of new life into a genre that sometimes can feel like it’s repeating itself. Originally, Winter self-published this book, but it soon found an audience and got snapped up by a publisher. I found that in The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter. But it can nice to get a fresh take on the fantasy story every once in a while. Another war drama set in a world vaguely inspired by medieval England? My déjà vu has déjà vu.ĭon’t get me wrong: I love that stuff. From The Lord of the Rings to The Witcher to The Wheel of Time and beyond, I try to at least get familiar with all of the big ones, and sometimes that can leave me a little burnt out. WiC is a site for fantasy fans, so it probably won’t surprise you to learn that I, editor Dan, have read my fair share of fantasy books. The Rage of Dragons is epic fantasy down to its bones, but has some new ideas that inject a lot of life into the genre.
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