Restoration by Carol BergMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is one stupendous trilogy. I scarcely know what to say. Each book is entire unto itself, but taken as a whole, the story told is so astounding, so emotionally satisfying, and so complete, that I truly urge you to read all three.
First of all, Carol Berg is a fine story teller and her writing style is straight forward, while at the same time, packing a punch that only comes to one gradually as the story builds. Yes, there were times that I began to wonder where this was going; yes, there were times that I wanted her to hurry up and get on with it. And yet, in the end, every part was necessary for the whole.
The story is about a slave and his emperor, it's about power - both temporal and supernatural - it's about love and about the interplay between the two. It's about fighting our demons and what happens when they are banished or killed; it's about how absolute power destroys love and about how powerless we are in the face of losing what we love. It's about how demons bring creativity and madness - an example of Lucifer being 'Bringer of Light'?
It is, in short, magnificent. There are few books that move me so powerfully - Janny Wurts' Wars of Light and Shadow, Guy Gavriel Kay's Lions of Al Rassan, and this one - the Rai Kirah trilogy.
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