The Black Coast by Mike Brooks

The Black Coast (The God-King Chronicles, #1)

by Mike Brooks

WAR DRAGONS.
FEARSOME RAIDERS.
A DAEMONIC WARLORD ON THE RISE.

When the citizens of Black Keep see ships on the horizon, terror takes them because they know who is coming: for generations, the keep has been raided by the fearsome clanspeople of Tjakorsha. Saddling their war dragons, Black Keep's warriors rush to defend their home only to discover that the clanspeople have not come to pillage at all. Driven from their own land by a daemonic despot who prophesises the end of the world, the raiders come in search of a new home . . .

Meanwhile the wider continent of Narida is lurching toward war. Black Keep is about to be caught in the crossfire - if only its new mismatched society can survive.

THE START OF AN UNMISSABLE FANTASY SERIES.


'Vibrant and intricate worldbuilding' Matthew Ward

'Epic . . . powerful . . . I really, really can't recommend this one enough' Fantasy Inn

'Excellent characters and wonderful worldbuilding, with a wealth of interesting cultural collisions . . . I'm already excited for the next one!' Django Wexler

'Compelling . . . promises to be a watershed epic fantasy series. I loved it' Fantasy Book Review

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DNF on page 318.

This was absolutely not a bad book. In fact, I kind of loved about half of it. The problem, for me, was that there were so many different points of view, and while I really liked 2 or 3 of them, I didn't care for any of the others. That made for some difficult reading.

I really LOVED the different cultures and how they came together and tried to sort out their differences. I could have read the entire book just about Daimon and Saana. Their chapters were my favourite.

I was also really fascinated by how the different cultures handled gender and LGBTQ in general.

Had I continued, I probably would have given this book 3 stars — so not bad by any means. I just didn't want to spend another 300 pages to “just” give a book 3 stars. I'd rather move on to a 4 or 5 star read.

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  • 18 March, 2021: Started reading
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  • 20 March, 2021: on page 318 out of 672 47%
  • 20 March, 2021: Finished reading
  • 20 March, 2021: Reviewed