Book Tour: The Lore of Prometheus by Graham Austin-King

Rating: 4/5

John Carver has three rules: Don’t drink in the daytime, don’t gamble when the luck has gone, and don’t talk to the dead people who come to visit. 

It has been almost five years since the incident in Kabul. Since the magic stirred within him and the stories began. Fleeing the army, running from the whispers, the guilt, and the fear he was losing his mind, Carver fell into addiction, dragging himself through life one day at a time.

Desperation has pulled him back to Afghanistan, back to the heat, the dust, and the truth he worked so hard to avoid. But there are others, obsessed with power and forbidden magics, who will stop at nothing to learn the truth of his gifts. Abducted and chained, Carver must break more than his own rules if he is to harness this power and survive.

Today is my stop on the blog tour for the BBNYA 2020 Winner, The Lore of Prometheus by Graham Austin-King. I love fantasy books, and the book’s blurb promised something definitely different to the usual fantasy reads I choose. However, I did not quite expect the book to be as action-packed, dark, or as intense as it was! I couldn’t seem to turn the pages fast enough, managing to finish this book in mere hours!

I loved Carver’s visitors. They managed to ease the tension that is constantly on the forefront of this book and their sarcasm, inappropriately timed jokes and ability to bleed on everything, including Carver himself, was hilarious.

The characters’ strength despite being completely shattered by their experiences made this book. The “villains” of this book were well-crafted, and I don’t think it was possible to hate them more. But Carver and Mackenzie were absolutely brilliant protagonists, who individually were fascinating to read about, but together, they made this book into something incredible.

I believe characters are integral to a book, but you can’t have a great book without a gripping plot. And this book definitely did not disappoint. The plot was fast-paced, action-packed and full of suspense, with the combination of ware, the after-effects of war and the dark magic expertly combined to create an extremely well-written book.

This is one of the easiest four star ratings I have given, and I would definitely encourage readers to pick this up if they love darker fantasy reads. I cannot wait to read more of this authors’ books.

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Author Information:

Graham Austin-King was born in the south of England and weaned on broken swords and half-forgotten spells.

A shortage of these forced him to consume fantasy novels at an ever-increasing rate, turning to computers and tabletop gaming between meals.

He experimented with writing at the beginning of an education that meandered through journalism, international relations, and law. To this day he is committed to never allowing those first efforts to reach public eyes.

After spending a decade in Canada learning what ‘cold’ really means, and being horrified by poutine, he settled once again in the UK with a seemingly endless horde of children.

To date he is the author of five novels, drawing on a foundation of literary influences ranging from David Eddings to Clive Barker.

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