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Average rating4.5
In the third exhilarating novel in this dazzling epic fantasy series, a young outcast will fight against staggering odds to save her world. On the planet Abeth, a narrow Corridor of green land is surrounded on all sides by ice plains where only the strong survive. Ice triber Yaz has completed a perilous journey and arrived at the Corridor, and it exceeds and overwhelms all of her expectations. Everything seems different but some constants remain: her old enemies are still two steps ahead, bent on her destruction. She makes her way to the Convent of Sweet Mercy, where nuns train young girls who show the old gifts, but like the Corridor itself the convent is packed with peril and opportunity. Yaz has much to learn from the nuns—if they don’t decide to execute her. The fate of everyone squeezed between the Corridor’s vast walls, and ultimately the fate of those laboring to survive out on ice itself, hangs from the moon, and the battle to save the moon centers on the Ark of the Missing, buried beneath the emperor’s palace. Everyone wants Yaz to be the key that will open the Ark – the one the wise have sought for generations. But sometimes wanting isn’t enough.
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3 primary booksBook of the Ice is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2020 with contributions by Mark Lawrence.
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4 to 4.5 ⭐️
Oh, I am so satisfied with this read and so surprised!
First of all, I really liked how the series ended and the little cameos we got, as well as the tiny continuation of the Book of the Ancestor story.
My mind got so twisted around some of the revelations and I am brimming with theories, as well as some further questions, on the topic of the Missing and their “ascension”.
I think what I assumed after finishing book 2 is true namely, that the realm into which thye ascended is basically cyber space but still not 100% sure.
I am also now suspecting that Theus has appeared in earlier books by the author, which I just added to my TBR.
The one thing I didn't like was the (albeit tiny) focus on the romance and supposed love quadrant(?) we had, which was beyond unnecessary, in my opinion.
All in all, this was by far the best book in the series (mostly because of the setting, I think) and left me excited to read the author's backlist, as well as any future works in this universe.