In which I ask about a million questions…
***Spoilers through Part II of The Will of the Many. Includes one semi-revealing reference to Sarah J. Maas’s Throne of Glass Series***
The intrigue is ramping up! We’ve got twists and turns; fun reveals; casual conversations over decapitated heads; and our boy Vis is climbing the Academy ladder- with a grand prize of almost certain death at the end! Weee!
There is a lot happening: school rivalries, intergovernmental agency squabbling, family dynamics, a rebel faction who may be worse than the evil empire, and – I believe – a distant and/or ancient alien race emerging (???). As a reader, it’s not too difficult to get the gist and follow along. As a ✨blogger✨, though, I feel a heightened sense of duty to understand the intricacies, lest I mistakenly label a Quintus a Quartus and humiliate myself in front of my loyal wizardwordship followers.
(Honestly, dozens of faithful readers would be a dream.)
Let’s dive off the Transvect into the Sea of Quus!
Vis, who could really use fewer extracurriculars, takes on two ill-advised missions to learn more about the ruins on Solivagus. Both involve wild schemes to thwart Academy security measures, and each time he comes a hair’s breadth from expulsion or death. Vis proves that his heroics at the Festival of Jovan were no fluke – Catenicus indeed!
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