The Shadow Casket by Chris Wooding

Series: The Darkwater Legacy (#2)

Format: 848 pages, Paperback

Published: February 16, 2023 by Gollancz

Fantasy/own

Oh it is a trilogy? I actually did not know. This one actually had an ending, and I thought ok it is good for now, but like yeah more can come and I guess it will.

It takes place 3 years after book 1. Aren and his people have been trying to sow the seeds of revolution for all that time, and it does not go well.

They must defeat the evil invaders, but for that they need people and everyone is scared, or hanging on to the power they have.

It is about a quest, a coming revolution (or not), trying to find allies, and mostly hiding from the bad guys.

I liked it. very old school

A BAND OF REBELS.

A TRAITOR IN THEIR MIDST.

A REVOLUTION ABOUT TO BEGIN.

It's been three years since Aren seized the Ember Blade. Three years since they struck the spark they hoped would ignite the revolution. But the flame has failed to catch. The Krodans have crushed Ossia in an iron grip of terror. The revolution seems further away than ever.

Far in the north, the Dawnwardens seek to unite the fractious clans of the Fell Folk and create a stronghold from which to retake their land. But even if they can overcome the danger of treachery from within, they still have to contend with the dreadknights. Only the druidess Vika can resist these near-unstoppable foes, and there's only one of her.

But what if there was a weapon that could destroy the dreadknights? A weapon of such power it could turn the tide? A weapon that, if it fell into the wrong hands, might mean the end of all hope?

The Shadow Casket has returned from out of the past, and it will save or damn them all.