The Legion of Flame (Draconis Memoria, #2)

by Anthony Ryan

For centuries, the vast Ironship Trading Syndicate relied on drake blood--and the extraordinary powers it confers to those known as the Blood-blessed--to fuel and protect its empire. But now, a fearsome power has arisen--a drake so mighty that the world will tremble before it. Rogue Blood-blessed Claydon Torcreek, Syndicate agent Lizanne Lethridge, and ironship captain Corrick Hilemore embark upon perilous quests to chase down clues that offer faint hopes of salvation. As the world burns around them, and the fires of revolution are ignited, these few are the last hope for the empire and for all of civilization.

• ISBN10: 1101987898
• ISBN13: 9781101987896
• Publish Date: 27 June 2017
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
• Imprint: Ace Books
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 576
• Language: English

Reviews

[Ashley]

I stopped reading on page 352.

Sadly this book just bored me. :(

Clay's point of view was essentially Journey to the Centre of the Earth. Which wasn't necessarily a bad thing, except they were pretty much just journeying/wandering around the entire time, with little actually happening. It just got… boring.

I loved Lizanne in the first book, but I wasn't a fan of her plot line in The Legion of Flame. At first there was some political manoeuvring, and I did like that! But then there was a whole prison break plot line and I just really didn't like that setting. I had zero interest in the prison politics.

Hilemore was my favourite character, but he didn't get many chapters, so that was a bummer for me.

There was a new point of view: that of Sirus. I really liked his first chapter and was eager to see where that led… but sadly it led somewhere I really didn't care about. Ultimately I found his chapters to be boring and not have much point. I probably could have skipped them and not been any worse off.

This was a massive bummer for me because I loved the first book, and given that I read 350 pages of this, I really put in a good effort. But I finally had to accept that I was bored and dreading making it to the end. :(