All they know is that it's fatal if they put a foot wrong. Without giving away spoilers, near the beginning we're presented with a catastrophic event that hurls Davian and his friend Wirr into a mission they don't fully understand. If fantasy thrives on jeopardy then The Shadow of What Was Lost is totally adrenalised.
The result is this debut novel which is actually being compared to work by his author heroes. It's even worse than it sounds for this is a world on the edge of war, trying to suppress secrets that will endanger its very existence.Īustralian writer James Islington was fed on the fantasy novels of Robert Jordan and, more recently, Brandon Sanderson to the extent that he was inspired to write his own. Now Davian is running for his life, unaware of his capabilities or whom it's safe to trust. Up till now Davian has been safe within an academy for the Gifted: the Tol in Andarra. The surviving remnant stay silent about their powers lest they follow the same fate as their forebears – outlawed and then murdered by a harsh legal system. Young Davian is an Augur a once powerful race that has become almost extinct due to legislation. Summary: A chunky, action-packed epic fantasy urge-satisfier.
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