Wrath of Empire by Brian McClellan is the second book in The Gods of Blood
and Powder series. It continues the story began in Sins of Empire
with the trio of General Flint, Mad Ben Styke, and Michael Bravis as they
attempt to keep the godstones out of the hands of anyone seeking them. The
godstones have the power to turn any mortal into a god. Those stones falling
into the wrong hands would mean horrible things for the world. The trio in
their separate and interwoven storylines face off against various enemies
attempting to gather the stones for their own use.
General Flint leads her army
alongside refuges of the fallen city on a march to safety while being hunted by
enemy forces. Meanwhile elsewhere, Michael Bravis attempts to undermine the
enemy forces in a city being occupied by the hostiles while trying to smuggle
the civilians left in that city to safety. Elsewhere, Mad Ben Styke leads his Lancers
on a desperate search for a powerful relic that could help turn the tide of the
war. As always in this series, the brief plot lines listed on the synopsis become
dramatically different after the first two hundred pages.
This epic fantasy is just as good as
the first one and set up an exciting end to trilogy. Wrath of Empire:
Gods of Blood and Powder Book Two by Brian McClellan provides a lot of
answers and world building for the series flushing out various characters. This
book provides plenty of action, violence, intrigue, and mystery. If you are a
fan of this series, you will enjoy the second book. I highly recommend Wrath
of Empire: Gods of Blood and Powder Book Two by Brian McClellan.
My reading copy came from my home branch of Lochwood Library. I managed to get my hands on this weeks ago before they had to close. I am on the holds list for book three of the series, Blood of Empire, but have no idea when I will actually be able to get it.
Scott A. Tipple ©2020
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