Plus the empire’s magic was so sinister the more we learnt about it.
I like a good constrained magic system, and I loved how this one was controlled with marks due to pacts, rather than the ultimate magic having rules. It also gives the series its name – Pact and Pattern, describing the constraints to the magic. The heart of this book is Alder’s struggle for magic (we spend most of the book with him being called that, so that’s the name that’s stuck in my head.) From his first taste of real magic to his search for a less constrained one given to him, each time finding another sip but nothing like it, that desire for real magic drives the book. THE HAND OF THE SUN KING is a richly drawn debut about a desire for magic and being caught between worlds, trying to find the right path between the different parts of you. a magical path, filled with secrets, unbound by Empire or resistance, which could shake my world to its very foundation.īut my search for freedom will entangle me in a war between the gods themselves. I can choose between them – between protecting my family, or protecting my people – or I can search out a better path.
That of my mother’s family, who reject the oppressive Empire and embrace the resistance. My name is Foolish Cur.Īll my life, I have been torn between two legacies: that of my father, whose roots trace back to the right hand of the Emperor.
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