The Ascendants of Estorea

The Ascendants of Estorea is a fantasy novel duology by James Barclay.

The first novel in the duology, Cry Of The Newborn, was released on 20 October 2005. The second book, A Shout For The Dead, was released in the UK on 4 January 2007.

His books Noonshade, Nightchild, Elfsorrow, Shadowheart, Demonstorm and Ravensoul have been widely recommended since the first, Dawnthief, was published in 1999.[1]

Reviews

Overall the duology impressed reviewers, showing a progression in Barclay's work since The Legends of the Raven.[2] There were however some fans who felt that this most recent effort was not of the same quality as the Raven series.[3]

Reviewing the second novel for SFFWorld, James Thorne wrote, "In any case, there is no doubt that this book and this series is an absolute triumph… perhaps even a master class."[4]

External links

Footnotes

  1. sffworld.com Interview with James Barclay
  2. BlogCritics review
  3. Amazon Page with Fan reviews
  4. Thorne, James (2007-05-11). "Novel review". SFFWorld. Retrieved 2007-09-27.