“By the First Ascended,” Con swore, staring out at the charnel scene before them. The large clearing was filled with torn and shattered bodies.ĭozens of men and women lay in the snow, their red blood frozen on their black uniforms. All opinions and views expressed here are my own.Ĭheck out my reviews of the other novellas in the Ascended series:Ĭon and Elinor rode into a scene of horror. Note: I received a review copy of this book from the authors. I really enjoyed reading this novella and I’m looking forward to the next one! There’s also a hint of magic in the story that I think fellow fantasy lovers will love. The battles are written well and realistic in the sense that the good guys are not indestructible and can get hurt as well – but of course they fight on through the pain. The pace also picks up right away and the story just pulls you in and takes you through a lot of action-packed scenes. The characters – both old (Elinor and Con from Reaper) and new (Aldis) – are great together. Like all the Ascended books, Banners is an easy read.

She’s still the tough and honorable leader that many are willing to follow, but we see a softer side to her as well.

We also see a little more about her backstory and get to know her more as a person. But when then they find men and women of the Ninety-Fifth dead in a field not far from Height’s Ward Keep, the keep that Aldis was assigned to reap, Elinor decides to find out what happened and find justice for the slain soldiers.īroken Banners is a great follow-up to A Reaper of Stone. In Banners, we see Elinor shine even more as the strong heroine that she is. Great follow-up to ReaperĪfter the events at Timberline, Elinor is ordered to turn over what’s left of her group to Aldis, her friend from the Academy and leader of another reclamation group, the Ninety-Fifth Pioneers. Not to the king, but to each other.Īdd this book on Goodreads. Yet when she finds her brothers and sisters slaughtered, she cannot turn her back on them. A grim reminder: the king’s law ends at the gates of the capital.Įlinor fought for what she believed and now she is an outcast. Slaughtered and left for crows, soldiers of the King’s Army lay dead in a field. Read on to know more about Broken Banners and what I thought of the book. The Ascended series has all the elements of fantasy that I love and please check out the cover, yeah? This series has some pretty gorgeous covers. I’m going to tell you right now that I’ve been a big fan of the work by authors Gelineau and King ever since I read Reaper, so I’m pretty much always excited about every new book in the series. I’m actually late in posting this review because Broken Banners, the follow-up to A Reaper of Stone was released several days ago.

Broken Banners by Mark Gelineau