![]() The way that the brothers’ actions play out over the course of the story read very much like the dynamic between Thor and Loki in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and wasn’t that a surprise? He never seems to feel like he’s equal to his brother Hakatri in the hearts of either their parents or their people. Which just makes Ineluki resent him all the more.īut Ineluki really reads like someone who has a gigantic dose of impostor syndrome. He doesn’t face the consequences of his actions because everyone, especially his brother Hakatri, cleans up after him. When Ineluki has a tantrum, which he does, frequently and often and with terrible consequences, he gets placated and indulged because he’s a prince which makes him powerful in his own right. He doesn’t have much of a brain-to-mouth filter, but that reads like a consequence of his overwhelming privilege. It’s also, playing into that pride, a story about the braying of privilege and the horrifying results of its exercise.Īs I was reading, I found myself wondering if Ineluki was what we would call bipolar or something much too similar. And it’s a story about the difference between pride and honor. But the brothers are immortal princes in their world, so the family dynamics and family squabbles and sibling rivalries are both neverending and potentially world-shattering in their impacts.Ī shattering that is still being felt a thousand years later.Įscape Rating A-: More than anything else, Brothers of the Wind is a story about overweening pride going before a very big fall. Last King is a sequel to Memory, Sorrow and Thorn and Brothers is a prequel.)īrothers of the Wind is, as it says right there on the label, a story about brothers and brotherhood. (Also, don’t worry about the designation of this book in some places as following or being part of the Last King of Osten Ard series. And thankfully didn’t stand nearly as long as the original trilogy, which I may remember fondly but also remember as doorstop-sized. The writing was as lush and descriptive as I sorta/kinda remembered, but I didn’t need to look up anything about the plot of the original books to get into this one – because none of those events had happened in this world. I DO remember attempting to read one of the author’s later series ( Otherland) and failing miserably.īut that was a long time ago, and the past is another country, so when this book popped up on Edelweiss I thought, “Why not?” As this is a prequel to Memory, Sorrow and Thorn, the trilogy that began with The Dragonbone Chair, I figured that I didn’t NEED to remember anything at all to get into this one.Īnd I was right. I read it as it was published, and I remember loving it and waiting impatiently for each book but don’t remember anything about the story. It’s hard to believe that The Dragonbone Chair was published over 30 years ago. Now he must face the terrible black dragon at his master's side, then see his own life changed forever in a mere instant by Ineluki's rash, selfish promise. ![]() Kes is not one of the Sithi but a member of the enslaved Changeling race, and his loyalty has never before been tested. Set a thousand years before the events of Williams's The Dragonbone Chair, the tale of Ineluki's tragic boast and what it brings is told by Pamon Kes, Hakatri's faithful servant. The younger brother makes a bold, terrible oath that he will destroy deadly Hidohebhi, a terrifying monster, but instead drags his brother with him into a disaster that threatens not just their family but all the Sithi - and perhaps all of humankind as well. Pride often goes before a fall, but sometimes that prideful fall is so catastrophic that it changes history itself.Īmong the immortal Sithi of Osten Ard, none are more beloved and admired than the two sons of the ruling family, steady Hakatri and his proud and fiery younger brother Ineluki - Ineluki, who will one day become the undead Storm King. Set in the New York Times bestselling world of Osten Ard, this short novel continues the saga that inspired a generation of fantasists Purchasing Info: Author's Website, Publisher's Website, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Book Depository Published by DAW Books on November 2, 2021 Source: supplied by publisher via Edelweissįormats available: hardcover, ebook, audiobook
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