The Legion of Flame

Anthony Ryan

June 2017 · The Draconis Memoria Book 2 · Sold by Penguin

About this eBook

Survival is the only currency...
 
For centuries, the vast Ironship Trading Syndicate relied on drake blood—and the extraordinary powers it confers to those known as the Blood-blessed—to fuel and protect its empire. But when the drake blood lines began to fail, a perilous expedition was mounted to secure them.
 
Claydon Torcreek survived the fraught mission through uncharted lands in pursuit of a myth that might have secured his people’s future. Instead he found a nightmare. The legendary White Drake was awoken from a millennia-long slumber, with a thirst to reduce the world of men to ashes, and the power to compel an army of Spoiled slaves to do it.
 
Spurred on by a vision he desperately hopes he can trust, Clay and rebel naval officer Corrick Hilemore hijack a warship and head towards the icy southern seas, searching for an ancient secret that may give them and their allies a fighting chance.

They are aided on another front by Blood-blessed agent Lizanne Lethridge. The spy and assassin will use her diplomatic status to infiltrate deep into enemy territory on a quest for a device to save them all.
 
As the world burns around them, and the fires of revolution are ignited, these few Blood-blessed are the last hope for all of civilisation.

Ratings and reviews

'Legion Of Flame' was an excellent follow up to 'The Waking Fire'. It follows the main characters on a journey of blood, intrigue, war and flame across the globe setting us up for the final conflicts coming in the third book. If you enjoyed the first book I absolutely recommend reading this one. The one criticism I have seen frequently is that this book did not do enough to advance the plot and was basically just a lot of set up for the final book. I both agree and disagree with that observation since there was still some great action to be had as well as knowledge about the world to discover and what is the purpose of the second book in a trilogy if not to set you up for a climatic finally in the third. All around it was a great action packed read and I look foward to the final book in the series as well as more work from Anthony Ryan. While I loved the first book in the 'Ravens Shadow' Trilogy the last 2 were slightly lack luster yet still enjoyable with excellent world building although a bit anticlimactic in the end. It seems Ryan is becoming a better author with each new book and he is definitely a writer to keep an eye in in the future.

not going to pay more than double for last book. good but not that good

About the author

Anthony Ryan is the New York Times bestselling author of the Raven’s Shadow novels, including Blood Song, Tower Lord and Queen of Fire, and the Draconis Memoria series, including The Waking Fire. He lives in London, where he is at work on his next book.