Age of Empyre

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Michael J. Sullivan: Age of Empyre (2021, Grim Oak Press)

mass market paperback, 464 pages

Published April 20, 2021 by Grim Oak Press.

ISBN:
978-1-944145-73-6
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4 stars (8 reviews)

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5 stars

Bravo, Mr. Sullivan.

Anyone reading this review of the last book in the First Empire series probably knows of Mr. Sullivan's talent. He weaves a well-told story filled with memorable characters, switches plotlines with every chapter, and lays plot hooks that often don't get a payoff until three books later.

Here, at the end of the First Empire series, things pay off, but in ways that go beyond just plot elements. Age of Empyre reminds me of The Good Place. Much like The Good Place made you look at your preconceptions of good, evil, and the afterlife, Age of Empyre presents a full mythology that also serves as a vehicle for delivering a philosophy about life. Sacrifice, forgiveness, ambition, contentment, guilt, self-loathing, they all get a turn here.

There are life lessons here, in addition to a well-told epic.

I've cherished this series and look forward to Mr. Sullivan's future …

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It was ok. Events happened, characters interacted, everything was quite heroic, I loved the message of how to get out of the abyss. The epic genre remains tantalising to me though. It's just out of reach of me falling for it. There's too much room for small inconsistencies or lapses in logic which pull me out of the story.

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