A richly creative and dramatic installment of Eric Lewis’ fantasy series, The Heron Kings Rampant leaps forward in time once again. The titular rebellious rangers are little more than storybook legends by now, but when a devastating weapon is set loose, and the band of heroes is framed for the destruction, one man’s quest for vengeance will uncover a new generation of honorable antiheroes. Weaving in timely themes of technological disruption, political division, and violent terrorism, this story hits closer to home than it may initially appear. Delicately balanced on the edge of alchemical fantasy, this third piece of the Heron Kings saga has a few rough corners in storytelling execution, but the Robin Hood atmosphere and steampunk world-crafting are relentlessly inventive and immersive.
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