Last of the Wilds (Age of the Five) - Trudi Canavan

Posted : 1 year, 10 months ago at Feb 6 9:32

Continuing from the exploits of the first book, the war is now over; won by the Circlians due to an enormous magical attack from Auraya that killed the Pentadrian leader, Kuar. This book follows Auraya's attempts to reconcile the Circlians and the Dreamweavers, a cult of healers who refuse to acknowledge the gods. It also charts the progress of two Wilds, immortals of great power, Mirar and Emerahl, and Reivan, a Pentadrian who is about to become a Servant of the Gods. The book is too wide in its scope. The Reivan and Auraya threads are bogged down by boring politics and not enough action. Do we really care who the new leader of the Pentadrians is? Or whether Dreamweavers and priests can get along? It's not badly written but the machinations of peace really aren't that interesting to r...Read more

Rating : 3/10