Of Blood And Fire

, #1

Paperback, 521 pages

English language

Published March 17, 2021 by Ryan Cahill.

ISBN:
978-1-8383818-0-6
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4 stars (4 reviews)

Born in fire. Tempered in blood.

Epheria is a land divided by war and mistrust. The High Lords of the south squabble and fight, only kept in check by the Dragonguard, traitors of a time long past, who serve the empire of the North.

In the remote villages of southern Epheria, still reeling from the tragic loss of his brother, Calen Bryer prepares for The Proving—a test of courage and skill that not all survive.

But when three strangers arrive in the village of Milltown, with a secret they are willing to die for, Calen’s world is ripped from under him and he is thrust headfirst into a war that has been raging for centuries.

There is no prophecy. His coming was not foretold.

He bleeds like any man, and bleed he will.

2 editions

reviewed Of Blood and Fire by Ryan Cahill (The Bound and the Broken, #1)

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3 stars

I don't really know how to rate Of Blood and Fire.

I really enjoy watching an author grow, and pointing out all the shortcomings of a debut feels like being unnecessarily mean, but on the other hand there were things I didn't enjoy about this book...

The prose is rough around the edges, and at times it really didn't work for me.

There were a few random point of view changes that didn't add much to the story (one even felt completely out of the blue with not much set-up), and some of the characters didn't feel as fleshed out as they could have been. Most were lacking depth, something that I'm hopeful will change as Cahill grows as an author.

There was one death in particular that just didn't move me even though it probably should have.

The story is a blend of WOT, Eragon and other classic fantasy …

reviewed Of Blood and Fire by Ryan Cahill (The Bound and the Broken, #1)

Comme les grands

3 stars

Ça faisait un moment que j’entendais parler de Ryan Cahill via les différents chroniqueurs anglophones que je suis, il auto-édite une saga fantasy qui fait pas mal de bruit et j’ai pu acheter le premier tome à très pas cher en numérique… Puis je l’ai laissé trainer sur ma liseuse. Jusqu’au jour où la super boutique anglaise The Broken Binding a annoncé une édition spéciale de la mort trop belle pour ce bouquin, je me devais donc de le lire en avance pour savoir si la shiny édition serait mienne ou pas.

Calen Bryer est un jeune homme comme tant d’autres, fils du forgeron du village, il s’apprête à passer son épreuve de courage pour devenir « vrai homme ». Avec ses deux potes Dann et Rist, ils vont se serrer les coudes pour passer l’épreuve, mais évidemment ils vont tomber sur un os, ou plusieurs, et pas des petits. …

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Subjects

  • Fiction
  • Fantasy