A sandstone portico that would have done justice to a minor pagan god sheltered the door from the elements. “The entrance to the Fitzwilliam residence was grand. It’s old-fashioned yet accessible, often slightly tongue-in-cheek, and wonderfully appropriate for the historical setting. The setup of “the laws of magic” is fascinating, and its great the way they are revealed within the context of the story rather than just being stated right at the beginning. Full of wonderful detail and originality, it is quite unlike any other setting I’ve come across in a fantasy novel. It’s an intriguing world that Pryor has created. It is codified and experimented with, just like any other scientific discovery.Īs the world teeters on the brink of war, political machinations and personal bids for power form the backdrop for this novel. In fact, magic is approached in a scientific way, with laws governing its application in the same way as other rational laws, such as the law of gravity.
It’s a timeline where magic has developed alongside science. It’s alternative history, set in an Edwardian-esque time that never was. It made things much harder than they needed to be.”Īside from the opening and the exciting plot, there are three things, in my mind, that make this book exceptional. Here goes…īlaze of Glory is the first volume of The Laws of Magic. And now here I am, throwing caution to the wind, putting pen to paper (or, more accurately, finger to keyboard) and reviewing this book. In my last post I told you about my worries in reviewing Michael Pryor’s Blaze of Glory (see “Aubrey Fitzwilliam and the reviewing dilemma”).
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