Hammer of God

The weird: "Chalava! Chalava! Chalava zho!" Translated that means "God! God! God yes!" It seems more like a Sex chant than something people would shout to war. But what do I know? All the rest: I'm so sad about this series because I really liked the first books despite the weird mistakes that editors......more

Why I read this book: Hammer of God is the last book in Karen Miller's Godspeaker trilogy. Having read the first two books and enjoyed them, I had to read the last. It's always satisfying to have a series taken to its end, even if it is hard to say good-bye to beloved characters. My one sentence summa......more

Karen Miller’s lengthy trilogy concludes with “Hammer of God” (Orbit, 784 pages). Miller hinted in the first book (“Empress”) that the gods that drive The Godspeaker Trilogy might actually make an appearance – but instead they, like so many gods, did only enough to move the plot along, and never exp......more

I should start by saying that I really like the Kingmaker, Kingbreaker duology and adore Karen Miller’s Rogue Agent series under the name K.E. Mills. However, in total the whole Godspeaker trilogy left me somewhat underwhelmed. From a purely technical side it is extremely well done with the first bo......more

And we arrive now at the final instalment of my reviews of the Godspeaker trilogy. Picking up soon after the end of The Riven Kingdom, Hammer of God is the epic battle between Mijak and Ethrea, between Hekat and Dmitrak (for Mijak) and Zandakar and Rhian (for Ethrea). Portents, prophecies, faith......more