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Storm Rising (Mage Storms)
416 pages
A desperate, high-stakes struggle where fragile alliances are tested against world-ending magical cataclysms.
What it feels like
This epic fantasy delivers a propulsive, dread-soaked experience as the world teeters on the brink of a magical holocaust. The narrative is steeped in urgency and tension, focusing on the desperate struggle to maintain a fragile alliance between historically hostile lands. Readers will feel the crushing weight of duty as defenders marshal their resources against devastating elemental onslaughts and nightmarish constructs. The prose captures the sweeping scale of the devastation while maintaining a tight focus on the emotional toll of impending doom. It is a perfect read for fans of high-stakes, world-ending fantasy who are drawn to stories of desperate cooperation, magical warfare, and the sheer grit required to face down an apocalyptic threat.
- Mood
- apocalyptic
- desperate
- dread-soaked
- epic
- Tone
- urgent
- earnest
- dramatic
- tense
- Pace
- propulsive
- Themes
- fragile alliances · existential threat · magical devastation · burden of protection
- The writing
- Epic and descriptive, focusing on the sheer scale of magical devastation and the heavy burden of duty.
- The arc
- Moves from a desperate struggle against overwhelming odds to a tense, high-stakes race against total annihilation.
- Who it's for
- Fans of high-stakes epic fantasy who love seeing old enemies forced to cooperate against world-ending magical threats.
Content notes
- natural disasters
- magical violence
- war
About the book
In Storm Rising, mysterious mage-storms are wreaking havoc on Valdemar, Karse, and all the kingdoms of the West, plaguing these lands not only with disastrous earthquakes, monsoons, and ice storms, but also with venomous magical constructs - terrifying creatures out of nightmare. Both Valdemar's Heralds and Karse's Sunpriests struggle to marshal their combined magical resources to protect their realms from these devastating, spell-fueled onslaughts. But as the situation becomes bleaker and bleaker, the still fragile alliance between these long-hostile lands begins to fray. And unless Valdemar and Karse can locate and destroy the creator of the storms, they may see their entire world demolished in a final magical holocaust.
Description from Open Library.
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