I was looking more at the author of Riyria than at the title of the book when I decided to read this. I did not quite get what I expected in this book.

Age of Myth is indeed just what the title suggests: a story from the "dawn of time".

My biggest trouble with the book is the cast: Instead of a charming rogue I got a bumbling ex-slave and the heir of Conan (at least he turns out to be a pretty good fighter).
I could not identify with any of the female cast. One is too young, the other is supposed to be my age but feels older due to what she has experienced in her life (I am talking about Persephone) and if 3k years isn't "too old" I don't know what is. And besides Suri none of them are very sympathetic characters. Their connections remain tenuous at best and so much of the story went on with my favorite element missing: characters I empathize with. I kind of liked Nyphron and his group when they showed up but while they are interesting they are not exactly protagonist material.

So why give this story 4* despite all that? Because it is an incredibly well executed idea story with a driven plot and a great great culmination that ties everything together and prepares the ground for the sequels. The idea here is a story from the "Age of Myth". I am not a particular fan of "Stories from the Bronze Age". This idea is btw re-inforced quite strongly by the snippets from the Book of Brin which I liked quite a bit.

While it is not my usual style, the plot and the idea and even the characters come together and do what the story sets out to do so well that I did end up enjoying it.

Be warned: it starts rather slow. The plot takes nearly half the book to get off the ground. But the end and the promise of sequels makes it worth it. And by the end of the book the characters and their relations are set up in such a way that I am hoping that I'll get more out of them with the next book. And
I am hoping to read lots more about Suri in particular. She ends up being my favorite.