(oversized pb; 2022: second
novel in the Edomia series; a.k.a. Children of Edomia: Tales from the Edomian
Mythos (Book 2))
From the back cover
“The story unfolds through the
eyes of Afina, a young woman burdened with a dangerous secret. After the
ruthlessly ambitious Serpent Prince and his rapacious retainers invade the only
home Afina has ever known—the ancient cloister on the isolated island of Forgotten
Women—the reluctant heroine is tasked with the guardianship of the prince’s
unborn daughter. Seven years later, when a fanatical order of holy inquisitors
invade the island again, Afina must fight to protect the child’s true identity
even as she and her companions are taken captive aboard a ship bound for the slave
markets of Jorn Gthang far to the north. Stolen again during a daring raid,
Afina meets beautiful, devious pirate queen, Aa-Zra and her colorful crew. But
when the captain’s plans for the young woman become clear, Afina’s troubles—and
her adventures—have only just begun! Will Afina become a pawn in Ava-Zra’s
dangerous game of seduction and shifting alliances, or will the young woman
unwittingly fall in with eh very people who would enslave her once again?”
Review
The second book in the Edomia series is an excellent full-of-action-and-adventure fantasy tale with a new lead character, Afina, who wasn’t in the first book, but encounters characters who were. Children, in high-spirited, entertaining and sometimes LBGT+/sexual fashion, expands on the Edomian Mythos, is more straightforward, lacking Brother Morek k’Areth’s and Edomia’s mixed-in backstory chapters (though Morek’s travelogue concerning his journey between Earth and Edomia are completed in an end-of-book story, “Marco Polo of Edomia: The Testament of Brother Morek k’Areth”). Great, streamlined and worth purchasing read—am looking forward to the third Edomia novel, Rogues of Edomia: Tales from the Edomian Mythos (Book 3).
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