The Northern Cycle by Peter Hopkins
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

An epic fantasy tale, this book, was very good. Chief Vilsind and other lords are on the march. They are under orders of the dreaded Falkland regime and are marching to attack one of the last strongholds against the regime, the Skegan League islands. Caught in the unending cycle of war and death, Vilsind struggles with his lot in life. But how much can he even trust his own people? His family’s rule has not been tender or just, atrocities litter his and his family’s past.
This book was really interesting, we have court plots, familial intrigue, drawn out war and a man who is struggling with who he is. Too often in this kind of book we would be hearing from someone on the Skegan side of things, defending against the great invaders. I think the author has a good imagination in giving us the other side of things. Very well done!


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