REVIEW: Red Tide by Marc Turner

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Red Tide by Marc Turner
Publishing information: Hardback; 544pgs
Publisher: Tor; 20 Sept 2016
ISBN: 9780765337146
Series: Chronicles of Exile #3
Copy: Provided by Publisher
Reviewer: Tyson

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Synopsis: "Red Tide, the third volume in Marc Turner's The Chronicles of the Exile, following When the Heavens Fall and Dragon Hunters

The Augerans are coming. And their ships are sailing in on a red tide.

The Rubyholt Isles are a shattered nation of pirate-infested islands and treacherous waterways shielding the seaboards of Erin Elal and the Sabian League, a region even dragons fear to trespass.

The Augerans beseech the Warlord of the Isles, seeking passage for their invasion fleet through Rubyholt territory. But they are sailing into troubled waters. Their enemies have sent agents to sabotage the negotiations, and to destroy the Augeran fleet by any means necessary.

The emperor of Erin Elal seeks to forge an alliance with the Storm Lords, hoping to repulse the Augerans with a united front. But the battle lines for the struggle are not as clearly drawn as it first appears, for the Emira of the Storm Isles mistrusts the Erin Elalese as much as she does their common enemy. And the Augerans might just be planning a little sabotage of their own.

But nothing in the realm of mortals escapes the notice of their meddling gods; every step they take is shadowed, and every choice they make ensnared in a web so subtle and vast, its true shape may be fathomed only when it is far, far too late.

A new epic adventure in the fantastic world of When the Heavens Fall and Dragon Hunters!"

The last two books in the series, When the Heavens Fall (review) and The Dragon Gate (review), have been great and I was lucky enough to have received an advanced copy of the third book in the series, Red Tide, in this edition the overall story arc is starting to see fruition as the Stone Skins (Augerans) are making a play against the Storm Lords of the Sabian League and the Emperor of Eren Elal. While the endgame the Stone Skins are planning has yet to be revealed, it looks as if they are planning a full-scale invasion to claim the land and wipe out humanity.

There are a lot of balls up in the air this time as Turner juggles between the looming threat posed against The League and the Emperor by the Stone Skins, The Rubyholt pirates seeking to reclaim their homeland and capital the Augarans recently conquered, and Ebon's quest to find his brother and lover that have been taken to a walled city that is nearly impossible to enter without an invitation. Each story adds a lot of background for what looks to be coming in future installments of the series. In fact each of these stories could be a book themselves but Turner deftly weaves them together to tell a compelling tale.

I have said it a few times but Turner's world feels a lot like Erikson's Malazan series as gods meddle in the affairs of men and the magic is on an epic and unprecedented scale. All of this is a good thing as it means we have an larger-than-life narrative that is only getting started.

Most of the characters from The Dragon Gate return and a few from the first novel make an appearance. My favorite character is still absent but Turner alludes to his return. If you are looking for a series that is fresh and exciting that has a little bit of an 1980's fantasy series (which is a great thing) look no further than Red Tide. Turner's Chronicles of the Exile series is quickly becoming one of my favorites. Red Tide hits bookshelves today and it is a series that you can't miss.

Overall 8.5/10

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