Of Sea and Smoke
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He rides a seablood, a steed of salt and spray, born to challenge the tides.
Six years ago, the wrong brother survived, and nothing will ever convince Rafi Tetrani otherwise. But he is done running from his past, and from the truth. As civil war threatens Ceridwen’s tenuous rule in Soldonia, Rafi vows to fight the usurper sitting on the imperial throne of Nadaar, even if it means shouldering his brother’s responsibilities as the empire’s lost heir.
The stolen shipload of magical warhorses offers just the edge he needs. But the steeds have been demanded in ransom by the emperor’s ruthless assassin, and if Rafi hopes to raise a band of riders, he must first outwit his brother’s murderer.
Yet when his best efforts end in disaster, and an audacious raid sparks an empire-wide manhunt, even forging an unexpected alliance might not be enough to help Rafi turn the tides, let alone outrace the wave of destruction intent on sweeping them all away.
Seas boil and jungles burn in this tempestuous second installment of The Fireborn Epic as the outcast queen, captive missionary, and royal rebel strive to unearth the mysterious power that hungers for their world.
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2 primary books#2 in The Fireborn Epic
The Fireborn Epic is a 2-book series with 2 released primary works first released in 2021 with contributions by Gillian Bronte Adams.
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Amazing book, fantasy with Christian themes- which aren't too obvious; you don't need to be Christian to read this. It's really slow for the first half, a little difficult to keep reading. But the pace speeds up the second half and it's more enjoyable to read.
I loved the characters, there wasn't a ton of character development- there was so much conflict and fighting that the characters' personal challenges couldn't be discussed as much as they could have been.
I also enjoyed seeing the three main characters-this book is set up with chapters from each of the three's point of view- meet each other. Can't wait for the next book!
This book ends with a big cliffhanger: Rafi- one of the main characters- is caught by his sadistic uncle to be tortured and possibly killed, and meets his brother who he thought dead Normally I would absolutely hate a book for doing such a thing, but in this case, I was actually okay with it. So much of the book was capture, injury, torture, that you get somewhat used to it and it isn't as shocking as it would be in any other book.
Overall, Of Sea and Smoke is great book, as fantasy books with deeper themes- in this case, redemption and Christianity- are difficult to find.
Although there is much violence in this book, I'm not adding a content warning because it's not anything anyone couldn't handle.
