Book Review: Rise of Empire (The Riyria Revelations, #3-4) by Michael J. Sullivan
Cover art is done by: Larry Rostant
Rise of Empire by Michael J. Sullivan
My rating: 4.25 of 5 stars
Series: The Riyria Revelations (Book #3-4 of 6)
Genre: Fantasy, High Fantasy
Pages: 802 pages (Kindle Edition)
Published: 8th April 2010 by Orbit
It’s safe to say now that with each installment, each book in the The Riyria Revelations series consistently gets better and better in quality. The second omnibus in The Riyria Revelations titled Rise of Empire consists of the third book, Nyphron Rising, and the fourth book, The Emerald Storm, of the series. Whether on the first or second read, Rise of Empire is overall a superior collection of novels compared to the previous omnibus: Theft of Swords. Similar to my Theft of Swords review, I’ll start my review by showing you another beautiful cover art of the series done right by Marc Simonetti, and also a beautiful fanart of a scene in The Emerald Storm.
“Power rises to the top like cream and dominates the weak with cruelty disguised as — and often even believed to be — benevolence.”