Honestly, I’m pretty pissed off at this book to be honest… The entire book centers around the idea that the elves are coming to make war on humans.
Humans have been incredibly hateful, horrible, and every sense abusive to elves and dwarves. They won’t let dwarves even have their own towns or cities, but break them up into ghettos. They treat half elves basically as less than chattel slavery, running them out of every town, letting them starve to death, even women and children..
They are not even referred to as beings with the ability to think.
They even very specifically use language that the Nazis used about the Jews, calling them a pestilence, rats, unholy, abominations, that need to be extinguished, blah blah blah. Exactly why should I be on the human side for this war?
Screw the horn of Novron. I want them destroy humanity.
And….I don’t care how tough or how long a human trains. No human could ever defeat an elf. They’ve trained for thousands of lifetimes of a human. AND they’re faster. There’s literally no competition. The idea is laughable. Sorry Hadrian. Imagine a SEAL Team or elite special forces with 1500 years of practice. Now put them opposite a toddler. What do you think? I don’t care if the elf doesn’t happen to be from the right tribe.
Oh, and Royce loses the battle but at the end names Hadrian to fight for him?!? What kind of bullsh….is that?? So this elf has to fight THREE times? I mean…come OOOOOONNNNNN. That’s just cheating.
And…a mother dumps her child and makes her an orphan because it’ll be such a nice surprise to the father later??? Yeah that makes sense. It couldn’t POSSIBLY have helped Royce BEFOREHAND.

Fire and deaths. Women and children are on the run. Men are fighting for their kingdom and homes against attackers we have feared would come. (if you've read the series you have an idea who the attackers are.) Arista's having horrible nightmares, Royce is depressed after the ending in Wintertide, and Hadrian feels guilt. The kingdoms are coming together under the ruling heir, Modina, as predicted, but without the horn it might all be destroyed. The Elves are retaking their lands to the way it was before humans existed. Our friends through the series have one last quest, that could be the death of them but with out it they will die anyway, they all want or need to go on, for different reasons but for the same result, to save man kind.

Screaming from the rooftops, MASTERFUL! This is THE way to end a magnificent fantasy series.

Michael weaves all the books together into this one, pulling pieces together and setting the world; past, present and future, in clear view for us. Some pieces he pulls is: the place on the cover of Nyphron Rising (one of my favorite scenes for a character that comes into her own here) is brought into an all new light. The Gilarabrywn, or dragon type creature, and the Elves which we may have had lots of questions on from the Avempartha. The sailing of the seas from The Emerald Storm is revisited, in a new place. Mentions of the starts of this all and who was pulling the strings, back to The Crown Conspiracy. Just amazing the way Michael took two plain and simple thieves, to create an outstanding series and amazing ending.

This one book holds all the missing pieces we didn't realize we were missing, yet piecing all the secreted comments throughout the series together to complete everything. Five hundred and fifty pages of complete necessity to put the finishing touches on creating the world, the history, the characters. Still surprising me and making me love the characters all over again. Michael has taken a series to all different levels through out this series, and this book is a fabulous ending to it all!

I laughed and cried and worried. Both for happiness and sadness, of many reasons -- the characters and their hardships and humor. Then there is the series completion. I loved every minute of reading this one, and all the books. I will admit, I was a little hesitant at starting this one -- I didn't want the series to end as I loved it so much. But I have to say I LOVED this book, such a perfect ending. I can't describe how well the ending fit for me, all the way to the last sentence. I don't think I can write a review that will give this book it's well deserved justice, or even the series itself. I am just floored with it all; the story, the characters, the depth of the world completed. All of it completed. And an action packed finale.

Royce has earned his right to be in a bad place (mentally mostly) after the ending of Wintertide, which I was a little nervous about. I was just afraid the team wouldn't have their spark, but they had it. Oh they had it. Seeing the characters grow and live through emotions is what makes the book the best, digging deep in us to care. I have always loved the kind heart in Hadrian, but this book...well he has stolen my heart, warming it through and through. We learn of some history with Hadrian and Royce, their first job together, and of their thoughts of each other then. All the characters have their numerous shining moments in this book; Royce, Hadrian, Arista, Modina, Mauvin, Alric, Myron! and so many more!

Outstanding journey, that left me in amazement. Wow. Just plain wow.

This series is top shelf keeper, re-reader for me. I will always ALWAYS go back to my adventures with Royce and Hadrian, and the others.

Percepliquis stumbles a little but still manages to stick the landing to one of the most enjoyable fantasy sagas I've read.
Praise:
-Percepliquis is just an enjoyable read overall. If one has made it this far and enjoyed the preceding novels, they're bound to enjoy this one. It's a winning mix of adventuring, fighting, Indiana-Jones style problem-solving, epic magical lore, and kingdom politics.
-The lore and worldbuilding is quite intricate and well thought-out. Reading Esrahaddon before this novel, while unconventional, elevated my experience immensely. Sullivan clearly has a comprehensive and complex view of the cultures, religions, political dynamics, and civilized history of his world.
-Some very satisfying character conclusions, even for very minor characters.
-Magnus's arc was excellent.
-Myron continues to be a sweetheart and spouts some thought-provoking and genuinely meaningful wisdom that elevates the quality of the book as a whole.
-Nimbus's ending was so perfect and entirely unforeseen on my part. The best reveal of the novel.
Criticism:
-Overall, the plot felt... too familiar? Too low stakes and meandering for the finale to an epic fantasy, which is uncharacteristic of Sullivan. It feels like a drawn-out side quest rather than a heart-pounding race to save the kingdom. It had the odd sense of being simultaneously fun and engaging on a minute level but also terribly boring from a plot standpoint. The climax wasn't as epic, dramatic, or tense as I had hoped... it went fairly as expected. I should note, though, I was aware that (the book's major twist and which major characters survive)

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Royce was the true heir and Hadrian and Arista survived

, so this may have impacted my experience.
-While I'm not as uptight about the mixed modern slang with period language (it adds a little fun) as other reviewers, certain uses of clearly modern slang and phrases did stick out.
-There were an unwelcome abundance of plot conveniences and some major twists that didn't land. Additionally, the characters continually miss obvious conclusions/solutions to a frustrating extent. I feel Sullivan both dumbed them down a little and prematurely revealed too much to the reader, which led to this effect.
-Degan Gaunt. Terribly frustrating character, which seemed intentional until

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the conclusion of the book, where he received no character growth or justice for his despicable previous actions and was instead... appointed an Earl?!

The author also made a critical error by

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revealing to the reader the Gaunt isn't the heir in the first chapter, but leading the characters on to believe this for hundreds of pages. This didn't result in dramatic irony, it just made Gaunt all the more intolerable.

Overall, an enjoyable, if a bit underwhelming and not groundbreaking, end to an awesome series. I can't wait to read the prequel series. 7/10

Man what an ending. Amazing series. Definitely up there in my top 10 fantasy series. These are just super fun, adventure filled books with excellent character work, excellent world building and lore and very accessible writing.

The best book in the series!

An awesome ending to a really good series. This book was basically a treasure hunt story.

The sixth installment of Michael J. Sullivan’s Riyria Revelations doesn’t disappoint. The storylines are nicely tied up and the series comes to a satisfying conclusion (something that happens all too infrequently in fantasy series). I have enjoyed reading about the adventures of Royce and Hadrian and look forward to reading the “prequel” stories. A very enjoyable, easy to ready, fun, action packed series whose heart continues to be the relationship between Hadrian and Royce; one that I highly recommend.