It was originally released as a self-published book in 2009 and follows the further adventures of the thief Royce Melborn and his mercenary partner Hadrian Blackwater. Granted there were some portions where they story was a tiny bit slow and dragged a little but that’s because Sullivan has to lay done a lot of foundation for what he has planned in the future.Īvempartha was an amazing read and it clearly shows that the upcoming books will have a lot in store for us. Sullivan is the second book of the Riyria Revelations and Book 2 of Theft of Swords in the Orbit Omnibus version. And the monster! I don’t know how he came up with it, but everything in these books feels just so unique, so smart, so intricate, so well thought out. The concept with the tower, the mystery that surrounds it, how theres obviously more to it.

He really has the balance down of giving you information to make you interested and to make you guess but also not making things to obvious or leaving out too much just to make sure you don’t figure things out right away. Sullivan is defintely setting up greater things to come and he’s doing a brilliant job at it. They are both so intriguing and badass, I am beyond happy that they got to play such important roles in this one.Įsrahaddon also plays a rather important role in this one, and there’s obviously also a lot to this story that we don’t know yet. We get two amazing female characters in this book and I hope we’ll learn more about them in the other novels. The first novels set the bar rather high.

They make such a wonderful team and I am beyond excited to read a lot more about them and their exploits. Nyphron Rising is the third book in Sullivans Riyria Revelations following both The Crown Conspiracy and Avempartha. Sure, one is a ray of sunshine and one is a more like a black hole, but somehow I relate to the latter more 😅 Royce and Hadrian, my precious little nuggets. You have no idea how much I love this series already. Sullivan created instant best-sellers with his spellbinding Riyria Revelations series.

Avempartha by Michael J. Sullivan