Shards of Time

Lynn Flewelling — 2014

The governor of the sacred island of Korous and his mistress have been killed inside a locked and guarded room. The sole witnesses to the crime--guards who broke down the doors, hearing the screams from within--have gone mad with terror, babbling about ghosts . . . and things worse than ghosts. Dispatched to Korous by the queen, master spies Alec and Seregil find all the excitement and danger they could want--and more. For an ancient evil has been awakened there, a great power that will not rest until it has escaped its otherworldly prison and taken revenge on all that lives. And only those like Alec--who have died and returned to life--can step between the worlds and confront the killer . . . even if it means a second and all too permanent death.

Reviews

Lis@seagull

Mar 16, 2022

3.5 stars, rounding down to 3. I thought CoS and SoT were both...unnecessary, if that's the right word. The series could've been wrapped up neatly after The White Road. None of the books have really been as good as the first three, though, which is sad but common for a lot of fantasy series. However, I still love the characters as before. I just wish there was more character and less plot, more of Alec & Seregil than Theo & Klia & Mika. Not that I don't like Thero, I just don't find his story as interesting as Alec and Seregil's. What I would love to see is Flewelling wrap up this series for good and then write some more stuff in the same universe/realm/whatever, but with new characters. She's such a talented writer, and she's really created an amazing world here. The Tamir Triad was also really, really good.

Vesta@r_a_black

Aug 30, 2022

Jenna T.@jennabenna

Jul 9, 2022

Elin@elinhana

Jan 9, 2022

Tetiana Bilokin@gorob4ik

Aug 14, 2021