Wrath of Lions (The Breaking World) Paperback – March 25, 2014

This is an amazingly good book. From the first page you open it up to, right through to the end - it grabs you and pulls you in, and doesn't let go the entire time. David Dalglish and Robert Duperre have done a great job writing a book that works so well. It's huge, length wise, compared to Dalglish's usual books - but the size works with them to supporting telling an immense story fully.As a long-time Dalglish reader, there were many references to his other books and it really felt true to the world of Dezrel. Lots of questions were answered, and plenty more were raised - and I'm eagerly looking forward to the third book to find out what happens next. I especially liked the fact that they have gone against the typical 'good guys manage to get organised at the last minute thing', since the enemy force is clearly more organised and are much stronger and I'm wondering how the third book is going to have a happy ending - and fit with the rest of the history of the world that we already know.They have also shown that they are not afraid to kill of characters, and the body count is growing very high. Often characters who are going to die aren't fleshed out enough, but you get to know these characters and like some of them... and then they are dead. It's something GRRM would be proud of!As is the case with all of Dalglish's books, anyone who enjoys fantasy needs to read his work. This series especially so - if you haven't read it yet, go and read it!

David Dalglish and Robert Dupree opened up the history of the world of Dezerel in Dawn of Swords, treating readers to the creations of the brother gods Ashur and Karak and intrigue. It was a fast read with vast expanding horizons.Wrath of Lions, is not a bad follow up, it is just not as expansive as the first book. Often times I see this in the second book of a trilogy (A Wiseman's Fear comes to mind). This isn't a bad book, the story line and plot are solid, but the pacing is a bit off. It seems to plod along like a plow horse rather than moving. Parts of it seem blocky and maybe in need of a little more polish.It is worth the read, just not up to the standard of the first book.

Just finished this book. Lots of characters like the last but it is really nice to get a background of some of our favourite stories. I am wondering where the rest of this story is though. There seems a great leap between the past and future with this book so I hope there is more.

The story continues with some interesting developments. Overall a good read.

Well written great story with compelling characters. This series is a prequel to the "Half Orc brothers" series and gives the reader a deep understanding of how this world and it's people were divided and lead into a seemingly, endless war. I was skeptical and didn't know if the author could pull this off as he had complex theological and ethical theories and perspectives to define, at their core, and David Dalglish has done and excellent job with this series. Keep writing and I'll keep reading :)

Begun The Gods War has...If you enjoyed the first book, this one is even better. The story is filled with great characters, heroic moments, horror and tragedy. You'll find some very unexpected plot twists as well. All this culminates in the showdown between the forces of the brother Gods.

Really good, if at times it's got a few too many storylines going. It means you have to wait about five chapters sometimes to catch up to a character again. This became a little too disjointed. Nonetheless, it is classic Dalglish - lots of action, poignancy, beautiful ugliness.

The usual from Dalglish. Easy read but you need to pay attention. Answers some questions from previous books later in related series. Bottomline: I like his style and characters. Would easily buy another book. I always feel irritated when I finish his books because I'm hoping theirs a sequel already ready for me to read. I hate to wait!

Wow, for any Dalglish fans this is a must read and if you haven't read his other books you will want to after this one.Really sets the scene for his other series and the themes they all possess. I've read everything else and really did enjoy this look back into the past and of course the emergence of some characters I'm familiar with.Great thing about all these series are the wee nuggets of lessons I see in them. I love being able to really connect with the characters and see what the gods are trying to achieve and it actually makes sense too.If you are slithering about reading this book I say just push the buy button, you'll be glad you did.

Not one of the best books by David Dalglish but as this covers the history of his other books a must for me. No huge surprises here. Karak is the bad one who is allowing his subjects to start this war and destroy everything.It's a simplistic view Karak's people are harder, women are treated like s..., Ashur over protects his people.Skipped plenty of paragraphs when it just went on and on without any real purpose.

I like Danglish's books as a general rule. However, unlike the previous book in this series this one suffers from an overly simplistic bad guy. Karak has worked best as a background figure, as a behind the scenes motivation for other baddies in the series. Given this much screen time however his character starts to look pretty hollow, as does Velixars. They go around being evil in this book with the very thin motivation of 'its for the sake of greater order'.... Except there is no order to be seen, just bad guys doing bad things for no real reasons.Was a struggle to get through this one.

These two authors should be forced to continue collaborating. Their books are filled with excellent character's, some you love, some you hate. As the book skips from one scene to another, atno time are you left confused. leaves me wanting moreNOW!!!!!

I have read all David Dalglish available on Kindle. All the characters are complex and not at all black and white. The battles are violent and enough blood to satisfy those how love the gruesome. It all makes sense and fits with the plot. I can not wait for more.I recommend read them all.