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Review: ‘The Hammer of the Sun’ by Michael Scott Rohan

Elof, master smith, and his band of true friends, face their greatest challenge when they confront their nemesis with inferior forces and crippling odds that must not give into a stronger power.  (Goodreads Summary) I have never before been this disappointed with the final installment in a trilogy. In fact, had it not been the [...]

Review: ‘The Forge in the Forest’ by Michael Scott Rohan

The siege of Kerbryhaine had been raised, the Ekwesh hordes vanquished, the Mastersmith slain. But for Alv — now Elof the Smith — the war was not yet won: Kerbryhaine was still a divided city; the Ekwesh, bloodily defeated, would look for revenge; and the Ice, implacably malevolent, continued its inexorable march southward. So from [...]