Smorgasbord Fantasia

Order of the Scales is the third book in the planned trilogy: Memory of Flames set in the Dragon Realms and follows the individual storylines of the different Kings and Queens of the Dragon Realms to a satisfactory closure.  Stephen Deas continues to do what he does best: skyrocket the tale forward in a brutal breathlessly frenetic manner and kill off people you care about, leaving the world a burnt-out smoky ruin with stragglers and fire-breathing dragons for survivors. If anything, the pacing is even better in the third book as we finally get to the big showdown that the Dragon Realms have been waiting for, for the past two books. All that scheming, skullduggery, backstabbing and bloody politicking finally comes to a grand finale – fiery, brutal and shocking one at that – as the battles for supremacy between Kings and Queens and the awakened dragons and the Adamantine Men comes to a head. It is guaranteed fireworks and wholesome entertainment – bloody pitched battle...

Sacred Band is the concluding book in the Acacia trilogy following the four Akaran royal children to their destinies as decreed by fate, history and a lot of magic. Sweeping, ambitious and a shining example of what EPIC fantasy should be – one of the few modern tales that is self-contained within three volumes and packs in a knock-out punch deadlier than most volumes in the running today that spans more than six volumes ( Yeah, you…old man with long white beard and a sailor’s cap who has kept me waiting for more than ten years now to finish what was then my ever- favorite fantasy series!) Unlike most authors who start off with a promise of a trilogy and then milk their franchise as a money-making never-ending series keeping us readers in doldrums of frustration. This series will be the perfect antidote for all of you twiddling your thumbs and bemoaning their fates having started to read such series. A wonderful and eminently laudable effort that combines the old world Tolkien-esq...