Against All Gods: The Age of Bronze: Book 1

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Against All Gods: The Age of Bronze: Book 1

Against All Gods: The Age of Bronze: Book 1

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This prolific, best-selling author of over 40 novels, has penned one of my top ten fantasy series ever: "The Traitor Son Cycle". The author has any number of classical and near eastern sources to draw from: Gilgamesh against the bull of heaven; Diomedes vs Ares in Iliad 5 (which I suspect Cameron of drawing upon directly); Hercules vs Ares in the Aspis etc etc and it is interesting to see what he does with this literary heritage. There are a lot of characters in play here (as evidenced by the four-page dramatis personae at the beginning), but Cameron largely keeps to four point of view characters – an aged magos out for revenge, a grieving dancer acclimatising to an unexpected responsibility, a young scribe coming to terms with betrayal and a broader truth, and a cynical warrior uncomfortably aware that he’s past his best.

A group of adventurers from different backgrounds have been wronged in some way by the gods or those who (purport) to support them and so set out for revenge and, eventually, revolution. It is part of the Blackwell ancient history series and so I can promise neither good prose nor graceful formatting, but the book successfully conveys much of the complexity of the bronze age without overwhelming you. But in a particularly savage world of gods, monsters, and barbaric humans, keeping that oath has never been more difficult. But can a bunch of misfit gods, a lost constellation and a mortal boy stand up to the daemon hordes?Scheming, megalomaniacal, utterly egotistical gods, caring for nothing but their own pleasures, indulgences, and cruelties, and holding onto and increasing power, at the expense of all other life, and using mortals as their pawns. The story follows several characters, most notably Zos, a godborn sellsword, Era, a singer, dancer and swordswoman, Pollon, a scribe and Daos, a mysterious young boy who can see things and talks to a stuffed bear that isn’t all what it seems. As stereotypical as ragtag group of misfits in this scenario sound, it's exactly what I enjoyed about it. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. I have recently been re-reading his Tom Swan and at one point the characters spar with sharps, [3] the author has the blades bite into one another.

As well as facing up to his fears, he realises that the future of mankind - and the survival of everything he holds dear - is at stake. There is chilling foreshadowing however, that should the audacious mortals somehow manage to survive, and in fact succeed in their quest, will they simply become that which they despise, providing more of the same sort of cruelty and capriciousness, if they manage to supplant their divine masters? Miles Cameron’s brilliantly-titled Against All Gods kicks off his Age of Bronze cycle, a new historical fantasy series set (as the name suggests) in a Bronze Age-inspired world populated by mortals, monsters and bickering, manipulative gods. An epic which draws on the Greek mythology of gods and heroes, this new trilogy is a must read for fans of Dan Simmons and Madeline Miller alike. There were honestly times I felt like I wanted to DNF this book but I pursued because the concept idea, The Boys meets Greek Mythology is brilliant!Interspersed with these sections are glimpses of heaven with various gods and godlings spying on mortals, jockeying for power and plotting against each other, coming across as surprisingly insecure and – for lack of a better word – human. Against All Gods has a big cast of characters, but the three main points of view are those of Pollon, a scribe and archer; Zos, a god-born warrior; and Era, a dancer.



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