The Shadow of What Was Lost by James Islington

The blade traced a slow line of fire down his face. Fans of Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson will find much to admire.”” - Guardian Read Excerpt “Storytelling assurance rare for a debut. The Licanius Trilogy is a series readers will have a hard time putting down - a relentless coming-of-age epic from the very first page. To the west, a young man whose fate is intertwined with Davian’s wakes up in the forest, covered in blood and with no memory of who he is.Īnd in the far north, an ancient enemy long thought defeated begins to stir. But when Davian discovers he wields the forbidden power of the Augurs, he and his friends Wirr and Asha set into motion a chain of events that will change everything. Now, those who once served them - the Gifted - are spared only because they have accepted the rebellion’s Four Tenets, vastly limiting their powers.Īs a Gifted, Davian suffers the consequences of a war lost before he was even born. It has been twenty years since the godlike Augurs were overthrown and killed. Fans of Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson will find much to admire.A young man with forbidden magic finds himself drawn into an ancient war against a dangerous enemy in book one of the Licanius Trilogy, the series that fans are heralding as the next Wheel of Time. 'Storytelling assurance rare for a debut. And in the far north, an ancient enemy long thought defeated begins to stir.

To the west, a young man whose fate is intertwined with Davian's wakes up in the forest, covered in blood and with no memory of who he is.

As a Gifted, Davian suffers the consequences of a war lost before he was even born. Now, those who once served them - the Gifted - are spared only because they have accepted the rebellion's Four Tenets, vastly limiting their powers. A young man with forbidden magic finds himself drawn into an ancient war against a dangerous enemy in book one of the Licanius Trilogy, the series that fans are heralding as the next Wheel of Time.

The Shadow of What Was Lost by James Islington