If you want to know more of the basic premise of the plot, this is one of the really rare circumstances where it’s safe to read the blurb of the book. Look, I’m doing you a favor here, jump into this book as blindly as possible. This is all I will tell you about the story. It’s not until the end of the book that we finally get to know who the real faces mentioned in the prophecy were assuming I’m not proven wrong in the sequels. In fact, this installment is more like an introduction to its rich world, legends, and characters. Malice, as the first book of the series, managed to create a huge amount of groundwork for the sequels. Don’t worry, this is not a spoiler, it’s told in the prologue. Taking place in The Banished Lands where the God War-which broke the world in the first place-happened in the far away past, a prophecy foretold that the ancient war is coming back anyone with the knowledge of the prophecy must unite to prevent the destruction that the war will cause the opposite side will unite to achieve the chaos.
What this theme requires to reach greatness has always been a touch of creativity, to make the story unique, make it the author’s own story to share and this, John Gwynne did phenomenally.
It’s my favorite kind of story it’s the essence of the majority of epic fantasy books, video games, and movies. Will I ever get bored with it? No, never. Has this theme been done before in the past? Yes, more than a million times already. As the story progressed, the story evolved darker gradually while keeping the theme ‘Good vs Evil’ at its heart. What started out as a simple classic tale of Good vs Evil ended up being not as simple as I thought. Do you ever have this feeling, just after you finished reading the first book of a series, you knew immediately there’s a huge potential for the series to become one of your favorite series of all time? Malice, the first book in The Faithful and the Fallen quartet by John Gwynne is one of those rare cases for me.
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