#65 in Adventure
Age of Swords
- 436
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Age of Swords” hands the saga to Persephone and the women around her, and follows a people discovering new crafts and inventions. The writing and the female characters who lead the story draw praise. Some readers find the first half slow to engage and rank the book below “Age of Myth”, and some are bothered by a character whose earlier growth seems undone. It is the second of six volumes.
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About the book
The gods have been proven mortal and new heroes will arise as the battle continues in the sequel to Age of Myth—from the author of the Riyria Revelations and Riyria Chronicles series. In Age of Myth, fantasy master Michael J. Sullivan launched readers on an epic journey of magic and adventure, heroism and betrayal, love and loss. Now the thrilling saga continues as the human uprising is threatened by powerful enemies from without—and bitter rivalries from within. Raithe, the God Killer, may have started the rebellion by killing a Fhrey, but long-standing enmities dividing the Rhunes make it all but impossible to unite against the common foe. And even if the clans can join forces, how will they defeat an enemy whose magical prowess renders them indistinguishable from gods? The answer lies across the sea in a faraway land populated by a reclusive and dour race who feel nothing but disdain for both Fhrey and mankind. With time running out, Persephone leads the gifted young seer Suri, the Fhrey sorceress Arion, and a small band of misfits in a desperate search for aid—a quest that will take them into the darkest depths of Elan. There, an ancient adversary waits, as fearsome as it is deadly. Magic, fantasy, and mythology collide in Michael J. Sullivan’s Legends of the First Empire series: AGE OF MYTH • AGE OF SWORDS • AGE OF WAR
Reading order · Legends of the First Empire
Full order & progress →- Age of MythStart here
8.28.2 / 10 - Age of SwordsThis book
8.18.1 / 10 - Age of War
8.38.3 / 10 - Age of Legend
8.18.1 / 10 - Age of Death
8.08.0 / 10 - Age of Empyre
8.28.2 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.2 across 199 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 58% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Adventure average of 7.8. That is how 8.1 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 8.2 | 199 | 100% |
Frequently asked
How long is Age of Swords?
It has 436 pages — shorter than 68% of the ranked books in Adventure.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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