Rise of Empire

4.25/5 stars 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......more

Brilliant. Brilliant plotline. Brilliant pace. Brilliant characters. Brilliant world-building. Brilliant plot twists. Brilliant everything. All hail Master Sullivan! “There are no honorable causes. There is no good or evil. Evil is only what we call those who oppose us.” The New Empire is ris......more

Re-read with some friends at Buddies Books and Baubles 7/12/19 2nd read and the book holds up mostly. The 3rd book is more of a political maneuvering plot line and while the set up is great I missed some of the action of the other books. The 4th book though is a swashbuckling adventure and the boys a......more

4/5 Stars I really enjoyed reading Rise of Empire, I definitely enjoyed it more then Theft of Swords. This book certainly picked up the pace from book one, seriously interesting things actually happened in this book. The plot was fast paced and stimulating. I believe there was a fair bit of badasser......more

Re-read 2023: I’m thinking this will be an annual thing for me. Re-read 2022: I'm still in love with this series! The first of many re-reads to come! ORIGINAL REVIEWS 2021: Nyphron Rising 5 brilliant stars. Mr Sullivan, what are you doing to your poor readers? So many revelations that are then turned o......more