The Rose and the Thorn by Michael J. Sullivan

Age of Death and Age of Empyre pictured below.Īll of these books are beautiful and epic and I cannot recommend them enough, but where should you start? From then on he is said to be ‘The God Killer’ and as rumour spreads of his victory against the ‘Gods’ both Rhunes and Fhrey accept the idea of war, and so begins the journey.Īs I stated above, there is currently four of these books but a further two are being released in 2020. When Raithe’s father refuses he is killed, and Raithe then in turn kills the Fhrey. They are stopped by some Fhrey on patrol who demand they surrender their weapons and leave.

The Fhrey are revered as Gods by the Rhunes because some are able to use magic, but one day Raithe (a rhune) and his father cross the river in hopes to build themselves a better life. Rhunes are our human types, and Fhrey are our Elven types. The Fhrey and Rhunes are two races who are seperated by a river. At the beginning we are introduced to a land severely divided. We, of course, no longer follow Royce and Hadrian but are given a full cast of characters to get behind. This series is set 1000 years before the events of The Riyria Revelations and therefore is completely separate. Lastly, we have The Legends of the First Empire series, which currently consists of Age of Myth, Age of Swords, Age of War and Age of Legend, but as of next year Age of Death and Age of Empyre will be added to this series.

The Rose and the Thorn by Michael J. Sullivan