Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
The third Lightbringers epic installment (after The Blinding Knife) primarily acts as a bridge between the two other volumes. Gavin Guile, the former Prism, is now color-blind and enslaved aboard a pirate galley. Old hurts and grim prophecy loom over the machinations to name his successor. His recently acknowledged son, Kip, struggles to find a place in the military, while Guile's rejuvenated father, Andross, runs the Chromeria, a council of wizards who work in solidified colors of light. As son and grandfather clash over missing artifacts, a religious heretic continues his conquest of the capital's outer districts, and a legendary sect of assassins infiltrates the city. Weeks is fond of complicated schemes, and his plot feels like an orchestrated chess match between genius grandmasters, but he also leavens the logic with humor. His characters are charming even as they are threatened with being swept off the chessboard. Fans of George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire will find the family dynamics of the Guiles quite familiar. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Review by Library Journal Review
Epic fantasy fans will be chomping at the bit to read the third volume of Weeks's "Lightbringer" series (after The Blinding Knife). The Chromeria believe Gavin Guile is the key to ending a budding civil war, but he has been captured by pirates and, what's worse, lost his ability to perform magic. [See Prepub Alert, 2/24/14.] (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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