Percepliquis
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IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS...THE ELVES HAVE CROSSED THE NIDWALDEN. TWO THIEVES WILL DECIDE THE FUTURE. -I saw a great journey. Ten upon the road, she who wears the light will lead the way. The road goes deep into the earth, and into despair. The voices of the dead guide your steps. You walk back in time. The three-thousand-year battle begins again. Cold grips the world, death comes to all, and a choice is before you.- -- Fan Irlanu, Tenkin Seerer of Oudorro Village Percepliquis is the final installment of the epic fantasy, The Riyria Revelations. In this saga that began with The Crown Conspiracy, two thieves caught in the wrong place at the right time were launched on a series of ever escalating adventures that have all lead to this moment. Three thousand years have passed and the time for Novron's heir to act has arrived. BOOKS IN THE RIYRIA REVELATIONS The Crown Conspiracy Avempartha Nyphron Rising The Emerald Storm Wintertide Percepliquis OMNIBUS VERSIONS Theft of Swords: The Crown Conspiracy and Avemparhta Rise of Empire: Nyphron Rising and The Emerald Storm Heir of Novron: Wintertide and Percepliquis
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6 primary books#6 in The Riyria Revelations
The Riyria Revelations is a 6-book series with 6 released primary works first released in 1996 with contributions by Michael J. Sullivan.
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3.5 out of 5 stars
I was very much into the first two installments of this series, disinterested by the middle two, and pleased/content with the final two. Author Michael J. Sullivan certainly finished with a flourish after laying it all on the line in Percepliquis – a satisfying final volume of an enjoyable series. Sullivan clearly excels at plotting out long-term story arcs filled with compelling twists and turns. This bodes well for the remaining books in his Legends of the First Empire series, due out over the next few years.
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Take a bow Michael. With this book you have done what very few writers manage. Give an ending which the series deserves. Few that come to mind are all classic (LOTR, Dark Tower, Mistborn) and this series rank right up there with the way it ended. I guess the key to this is managing to keep the suspense going for long enough while dropping enough clues for the reader to say “Wow how come I never realised this?” In the end all the parts are wrapped up nicely with some beautiful touches that stood out like the end of Magnus's story. This book also results in me adding the prefix of “Highly” to my previous “recommended reading”. A must for all the fantasy guys out there here are two protagonists who leave a mark indelibly. Riyria you beauty!
Fairly contrived ending third for a series that was awfully redundant throughout. How many times can our heroes get locked in a dungeon and saved by a deus ex machina?
I think the end result was a fine trajectory for the series, but the twists, crosses, double crosses and reveals were too much for me to bear.
