Avempartha (Riyria Revelations, Book 1, Part 2)

by Michael J. Sullivan

When a destitute young woman hires Royce and Hadrian to help save her remote village, they find themselves once more drawn into the schemes of the wizard Esrahaddon. The two become the only hope for the isolated village plagued by nocturnal attacks. As each night brings death, and each day finds Royce frustrated in his attempts to breech the secrets of an ancient elven tower, Hadrian tries to help the people of the village defend themselves against the unseen killer.

When the church arrives and declares that whoever slays the terror shall be emperor, they soon realize more is at stake than a handful of farms. The Church of Nyphron has decided it is time to establish the New Empire; all that remains is to convince the world they have found the Heir of Novron.

Once more, what began as the simple theft of a sword has placed the two thieves at the center of a firestorm whose outcome could change the world.

This fresh, heroic fantasy adventure is the second book of a series told through six self-contained episodes, each complete in their own right.

• ISBN10: 098000344X
• ISBN13: 9780980003444
• Publish Date: 30 July 2009
• Publish Status: Active
• Out of Print: 11 July 2012
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Aspirations Media Inc
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 340
• Language: English

Reviews

[empressbrooke]

It's been a couple years since I read [b:The Crown Conspiracy|4345290|The Crown Conspiracy (The Riyria Revelations, #1)|Michael J. Sullivan|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1313141264s/4345290.jpg|4393211], which is the only complaint I have about #2 in the series - I felt ill-equipped to pick up on all the threads that had started in the first book! It's definitely a direct sequel, as all the main players are back - Hadrian, Royce, Arista, and Esrahaddon, as well as a lot of the side characters. The events of the Crown Conspiracy are given a new dimension as we learn more about the wider political forces in the world. Once again, Michael J. Sullivan wrote something that was just tons of fun and not too difficult to read. It had an epic-ish feel without being a 700-page tiny-print tome with 500 characters to keep track of.