The Godless World Trilogy

Author: Brian Ruckley
Publisher: Orbit

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The Godless World is a trilogy comprising of Winterbirth, Bloodheir and Fall of Thanes. They are set in a world where powerful Thanes rule the world, and each man has to swear loyalty to their Thane. They in turn swear allegiance to the High Thane.

The Thanes themselves are split between the True Bloods and the Black Road. The latter being part of a religious schism banished to the North, a winter ridden and in-hospitable part of the world.

The main difference between the two groups is that the True Bloods feel that the gods have left them and there is nothing that can be done about it. The Black Road believe that everyone’s fate is pre-written and you can’t change it. Only by accepting this will the gods return.

The majority of the trilogy deals with the fighting between these two enemies. But it is also the story of Aeglyss the na’kyrim.

Na’kyrim are half casts, the product of a human mating with Kyrinin. These mix breeds have access to special, almost magical powers, due to their connection to the Shared. Which is no physical place, but rather the source of all life, the thing that connects all living beings on the world.

It’s the fate of the world to drown in blood, sooner or later

The books themselves are filled with politics as well as lots of brutal and graphic fighting. And on first description you might think ‘awesome, we’ve got a new A Song of Ice and Fire here.’ You would be wrong. George Martin’s work is superior in every single way.

But that doesn’t mean you should write off The Godless World trilogy. Particularly if you can get through the first part of the first book. Which is disjointed and uninspiring, definitely suffering from first book syndrome.

The second book is definitely the best of the bunch. There’s a lot that goes on with decent pace and plenty of action. Unfortunately the third book ends as the first book started, and it starts to slow down and loose a little coherence.

In conclusion The Godless World trilogy is good. The setting and the concept are actually really interesting, but it’s let down by being a little long. If this trilogy ran across two books it would have more pace and would ultimately be better for it.

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