Virtue's End
Book description
Virtue’s End is a spell, a magickal incantation designed to invoke and vivify that which has been lost by the modern world. This lyrical, occult fantasy-epic follows the account of Horus, a magickal sorcerer blessed with both hellish and heavenly powers, who, upon meeting the demon Melmoth, embarks on a…
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2 authors picked Virtue's End as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Very few writers would attempt to emulate and complete Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queen, but this is precisely what this does. Some electrifying writing in this - some incredible conceptions. All fantasy readers will love it.
Sometimes one has to come clean: does nepotism rule? It’s true: Joseph Sale is my son, a successful horror and fantasy novelist. But here he has taken Edmund Spenser’s C16th masterpiece, The Faerie Queen, which was unfinished, and completed it using a different stanzaic form. I’d like to recommend The Faerie Queen itself, but it is too dense and archaic. Joseph’s sequel, by way of contrast, is modern, fast-paced, action-packed, thrilling, and imaginative in the highest order. To see what the heroic is like (and bring out the warrior in you) read Book 6 and Canto 5: the epic…
From James' list on epic poems to stir the warrior and the wit in you.
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