The One Kingdom: Book One Of The Swan's War Trilogy
By Sean Russell
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The cataclysm began more than a century earlier, when the King of Ayr died before naming an heir to the throne, and damned his realm to chaos. The cold-blooded conspiracies of the Renne and the Wills—each family desirous of the prize of rule—would sunder the one kingdom, and spawn generations of hatred and discord.
Now Toren Renne, leader of his great and troubled house, dreams of peace—a valiant desire that has spawned hostility among his kinsmen, and vicious internal plots against his life. In the opposing domain, Elise Wills's desire for freedom is to be crushed, as an unwanted marriage to an ambitious and sinister lord looms large. As always, these machinations of nobles are affecting the everyday lives of the common folk—and feeding a bonfire of animosity that has now trapped an unsuspecting young Valeman Tam and two fortune-hunting friends from the North in its high, killing flames.
But the closer Toren comes to achieving his great goal of uniting two enemy houses, the more treachery flowers. Nobles and mystics alike conspire to keep the realm divided, knowing that only in times of strife can their power grow.
And perhaps the source of an unending misery lies before an old king's passing, beyond the scope of history, somewhere lost in a fog of myth and magic roiling about an ancient enchanter named Wyrr—who bequeathed to his children terrible gifts that would poison their lives...and their deaths. It is a cursed past and malevolent sorcery that truly hold the land, its people, and its would-be rulers bound. And before the already savaged kingdom can become one again, all Ayr will drown in a sea of blood.
Sean Russell
Sean Russell is the author of The One Kingdom and The Isle of Battle, previous books in the Swans' War trilogy, plus the River into Darkness books: Compass of the Soul and Beneath the Vaulted Hills; the Moontide and Magic Rise books: Sea Without a Shore and World Without End; and Gatherer of Clouds and The Initiate Brother. He lives on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, with his wife and son.
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Reviews for The One Kingdom
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Alright. 90 pages in and nothing is happening. No clear mission, or characters whom I care about. I want so badly to go on an adventure damn it, but no one's taking me. I don't want to be a fly on the wall during a series of conversations. It's boring and so many books do this thinking it's what LOTR did. It wasn't. Frodo was the guy we followed, so pick a fucking character and let me go along through his trials would ya?!?!?!?!?
Don't know if I'm gonna get through this one...more later.
Didn't get through it. On to the next epic fantasy travesty. Sigh... - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5An intriguing opening to a fantasy trilogy featuring rival families and their accompanying schemes, alliances, and plots for revenge. The rivalry between the Renne and Wills families has taken on a life of its own, particularly as a few members of each family are drawn into the conflict even as they endeavor to stay clear of it. A good read, and I will likely complete the series.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Seemed interesting, but the pacing was glacially slow, to the point of losing interest. Well... The book was also boring. The politics weren't anything wrenching, the characters not out of the ordinary or particularly fascinating. The universe generic. Don't bother if you have anything else worth reading.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great book! Depiects the struggle between the Renne and the Wills in a fantasy world. Three sorcerers, Caibre, Sainth and Sianon, have also returned from a long sleep to meddle in the humans' wars again.