2022 Reading Challenge: a book by a Pacific Islander Author

Year of the Reaper by Makiia Lucier

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


War and plague have ravaged the land for years, even decades. Lord Cas was captured when he was 15 and imprisoned. Beaten, mistreated and eventually left for dead of the plague, he eventually is let go and 3 years later returns home to try to pick up the pieces of his life.

War has ended when the King marries the Princess of the other warring kingdom, and the realm starts trying to find "normal". When Cas gets home, he discovers that the King and Queen have taken up residence in his home manor and his brother, the High Lord, serves as close advisor to the King. One his first day back, Cas saves the newborn Prince from an assassin attack. Soon other assassination attacks against the new Queen put the whole household on edge and Cas makes it his mission to find out what's going on.

+++++

This was a gripping, fantasy that had me constantly returning to the book to find out what was happening next. I am certainly going to look for other books by this author.



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