The final showdown here rivals that of John Gwynne’s in A Time of Courage which was, until today, hands down the finest battle I’d ever read about in fantasy fiction. There are almighty showdowns that have been millennia in the making, the all-star line-ups on the side of the Deva and the Asura includes characters that make the majority of superheroes look dang average, and there were scenes that were so emotionally impactful that this humble reviewer was crying his eyes out on a park bench this morning. The scale and scope of the whole Paternus endeavour is phenomenal and War of Gods takes what I thought I knew of epic fantasy and multiplies the stakes, the action, the drama, and emotional wallop by ten. The Asura are also preparing for the final showdown with Khagan having quite a few tricks and surprises hidden up his Firstborn sleeve.Īshton’s Paternus trilogy is a masterclass of Urban Fantasy. We join the action as Zeke and Pratha are off to Africa in search of the Twins of legend and Peter asks Fi if she’d like to go visit Yggdrasil, The World Tree.
“The end of the Maha yuga is coming in only a few weeks, and with it, possibly the end of the world.” Alongside Peter (also known as Odin and the all-Father), the Prathamaja Nandana, Freyja, Kabir, Ganesh, and many more in an all-star Gods and heroes of mythology line-up, they are making the final arrangements before the epic confrontation with Khagan and Kleron’s Asura. These seemingly average teenagers have been whisked away from their normal lives to become key players in the looming war of ages. Only a handful of days have passed since the hospital attack in Paternus: Rise of Gods but so much has changed for Fi and Zeke.
I received an uncorrected proof copy of Paternus: War of Gods in exchange for an honest review.
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