King Breaker – King Rolen’s Kin #4 – Rowena Cory Daniells
Release date: September 17th, 2013 Publisher: Solaris Books Age Group: Adult Pages: 774 Format: E-book Source: Received from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. The conclusion to the hugely popular King Rolen’s Kin series! The story of Byron, Fyn and Piro picks up immediately where the cliff-hanging ending of The Usurper let off! When Cobalt stole the Rolencian throne, Byren, Fyn and Piro were lucky to escape with their lives, now they’ve rallied and set out to avenge their parents’ murder. Byren is driven to defeat Cobalt and reclaim the crown, but at what cost? Fyn has sworn to serve Byren’s interests but his loyalty is tested when he realises he loves Byren’s betrothed. And Piro…
The Usurper – King Rolen’s Kin #3 – Rowena Cory Daniells
Release date: August 31st, 2010 Publisher: Solaris Books Age Group: Adult Pages: 489 Format: E-book Source: Received from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. The third book in a major new fantasy trilogy. Now a slave, Piro finds herself in the Merofynian Palace where, if her real identity is discovered, she will be executed. Meanwhile, Fyn is desperate to help his brother, Bryen, who is now the uncrowned King. Bryen never sought power but now he finds himself at the centre of a dangerous resistance movement as the people of Rolencia flee vicious invaders. How can Byren defeat the invaders, when half his warriors are women and children, and the other half are untrained boys and…
Interview – Rowena Cory Daniells
Featured this month on Draumr Kópa are ‘The King Rolen’s Kin Chronicles’, a series written by Rowena Cory Daniells and published by Solaris Books. An excellent opportunity to interview the author! Read on and meet the lovely Rowena, who has created wonderful worlds for us to lose ourselves in and has written characters that you can’t help but fall in love with. If you haven’t read any of her books yet, I strongly suggest you do, because I’m certain you’re going to enjoy them. Welcome on Draumr Kópa! Let’s start at the very beginning: what books made you fall in love with the SFF genre? I loved this genre before…
The Uncrowned King – King Rolen’s Kin – Rowena Cory Daniells
Release date: July 27th, 2010 Publisher: Solaris Age Group: Adult Pages: 396 Format: E-book Source: Received from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Rolencia’s ancestry enemy, Merofynia, has invaded and marches on King Rolen’s castle. Powerless to help, thirteen yeard old Piro watches as her father, King Rolen, listens to poisoned whispers against Bryen. How could the King doubt his second son? Determined to prove his loyalty, Bryen races across the path of the advancing army to ask the Abbot to send the warriors monks in defence of the castle. Review: We start off immediately where The King’s Bastard left us. Byren is leaving behind a blazing Dovecote estate and skating as fast as…
The King’s Bastard – King Rolen’s Kin #1 – Rowena Cory Daniells
Release date: June 29th, 2010 Publisher: Solaris Age Group: Adult Pages: 640 Format: E-book Source: Received from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. The Kingdom of Rolencia sleeps as rumours of new Affinity Seeps, places where the untamed power wells up. By royal decree all those afflicted with Affinity must serve the Abbey or face death. Sent to the AbÂbey, the King’s youngest son, Fyn, trains to become a warrior monk. Elsewhere others are tainted with Affinity and must fight to survive. Political intrigue and magic combine in this explosive first book in an exciting new fantasy trilogy. Review: After having two blogger friends tell me that they absolutely loved this series, I already…
Featured series – March: ‘King Rolen’s Kin’ by Rowena Cory Daniells
New month, new series! And prepare yourselves, because this is an amazing Fantasy book series, published by Solaris. May I introduce: ‘The Chronicles of King Rolen’s Kin’ by Rowena Cory Daniells. 4 books, some 2300 pages and one hell of a story. There is also an e-book that comes after the third book, but unfortunately I won’t have enough time to read that one too, so I’ll leave that for you guys to enjoy on your own. So let’s have a look at the books themselves. I had heard a lot of good things about them and Dominick, my fellow Belgian Fantasy book blogger from Fantastical Imaginations absolutely loved them.…