Brent Weeks: Beyond the Shadows (2009, Little, Brown Book Group Limited)
736 pages
English language
Published March 30, 2009 by Little, Brown Book Group Limited.
A new queen has usurped the throne and is leading Cenaria into disaster. The country has become a broken realm with a threadbare army, little food, and no hope. Kylar Stern plans to reinstate his closest friend Logan as King, but can he really get away with murder? In the north, the Godking's death has thrown Khalidor into civil war. To gain the upper hand, one faction attempts to raise the goddess Khali herself. But they are playing with volatile powers, and trigger conflict on a vast scale. Seven armies will converge to save - or destroy - an entire continent. Kylar has finally learnt the bitter cost of immortality, and is faced with a task only he can complete. To save his friends, and perhaps his enemies, he must assassinate a goddess. Failure will doom the south. Success will cost him everything he's ever loved.
An amazing conclusion to a good series.
Ending was decent. Unfortunately, everything leading up to it wasn't as interesting as the previous books. The whole magic sword storyline was hard to care anything about.
You can see how the author ripped off ("paid homage") George RR Martin and the Wheel of Time (a tower that holds women who make 'weaves' of magic?)
