Publishers Weekly
★ 12/20/2021
Anderson knocks it out of the park with the explosive conclusion to his Wake the Dragon epic fantasy trilogy (after Vengewar). The new frostwreth queen sets out to end the conflict with sandwreths, hoping to unite their peoples in time to face the long foretold waking of the dragon Ossus—but to do so, she first must kill the sandwreth queen. Meanwhile, the humans of the Commonwealth are pulled in several directions and must decide whether to focus their energies on combating the wreths, who want to remake the Earth, or their longtime human enemy, the country of Ishara. Ishara faces its own internal strife, as it’s still reeling from the destruction of Priestlord Klovus’s godling and Empra Iluris, who never wanted a war, supposedly lies in a coma. The well-developed characters and frequent heart-racing action keep the pages flying, and Anderson expertly ties the intricate story lines together on the way to a thrilling and surprisingly moving conclusion. Readers will be wowed. Agent: John Silbersack, Bent Agency, and Dan Strone, Trident Media Group. (Jan.)
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Praise for Gods and Dragons:
“The well-developed characters and frequent heart-racing action keep the pages flying, and Anderson expertly ties the intricate story lines together on the way to a thrilling and surprisingly moving conclusion. Readers will be wowed.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review
“Shelf-bending fantasy that is action-packed, intricately plotted, and breakneck paced.... The numerous threads eventually meet in an earth-shattering bloodbath of a final conflict that will have fans of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire standing up and applauding.”—Kirkus Reviews
Praise for the Wake the Dragon series:
“Let the mayhem begin.” —Terry Goodkind
“Kevin J.Anderson is one of the best plotters in the business.” —Brandon Sanderson
“This epic fantasy takes readers on a sometimes brutal, often enthralling journey.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
“A brisk and engaging narrative.” —Booklist
“The pages turn almost by themselves, because you absolutely, categorically have to find out what happens next.” —Kirkus Reviews
Library Journal
08/01/2021
The Three Kingdoms and Ishara have been warring for millennia but must now cooperate. An ancient race has arisen with intentions to violently take—and remake—the world. From the coauthor of the Dune sequels; with a 25,000-copy first printing.
Kirkus Reviews
2021-10-27
The concluding volume of Anderson’s Wake the Dragon trilogy wraps up the epic fantasy tale chronicling a grand-scale war between nations, races, and even family members that could raise a mythical creature and destroy the world.
As the novel opens, hatred and resentments that have been smoldering for thousands of years are finally igniting. The three kingdoms—led by the newly crowned but unbalanced Konag Mandan—are going to war against the nation of Ishara. Adan Starfall, king of Suderra, and Kollanan, king of Norterra, understand that Ishara isn’t the three kingdoms' biggest worry—that would be the wreths, a race of magical humanoid creatures who believe their ultimate destiny is to awaken, and slay, the great dragon Ossus so that the god Kur can remake the world. Attempting to kill Ossus would require the wreths to wake the monstrosity from its slumber underneath a mountain range—and waking it could not only remake the world, but destroy it. Adan and Kollanan are also aware that dethroning Mandan is of utmost importance in stopping an unwanted war with Ishara. In Ishara, a power-hungry priest named Klovus has grabbed control after attempting to kill Empra Iluris, the nation’s spiritual leader. Barely alive, and hidden away, Iluris must somehow win back her people and country. Meanwhile, Koru, queen of the frostwreths, plots to kill the sandwreth queen in order to unite all wreths before waking the dragon….Although the narrative—parceled out in the form of multiple storylines from a diversity of characters—is a bit unwieldy in the opening chapters, those storylines slowly converge and intertwine, propelling the grand-scale action forward at what turns out to be a relentless pace. The numerous threads eventually meet in an earth-shattering bloodbath of a final conflict that will have fans of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire standing up and applauding.
Shelf-bending fantasy that is action-packed, intricately plotted, and breakneck paced.
