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Ryan Cahill
Ryan Cahill is the author behind the epic fantasy series Of Blood And Fire, including the popular title The Fall. If you enjoy sweeping stories with high stakes, his work is definitely worth checking out.
Of Blood And Fire
Synopsis
Of Blood and Fire opens The Bound and the Broken in Milltown, a village on the edge of Epheria's Ölm Forest, where Calen Bryer is still grieving his brother as he prepares for the Proving — a rite of passage that sends him and his closest friends, Dann Pimm and Rist Havel, into the forest for three nights armed with only a knife and a bow.
When three strangers arrive at the village's Gilded Dragon Inn carrying a secret worth dying for, Calen is pulled out of Milltown entirely and into a war between empires that has been building for centuries. Ryan Cahill's debut is explicit that Calen is no chosen one: there is no prophecy, his coming was not foretold, and the story that follows treats him — and the friends who follow him from Milltown — as ordinary people forced to survive an extraordinary war.
Genres
Characters
Calen BryerProtagonist
Dann PimmSupporting
Rist HavelSupporting
Ella BryerSupporting
Lasch HavelSupporting
Frequently asked questions
Should I read the prequel novella The Fall before starting this book?
While the novella is set chronologically before this novel, most readers recommend starting with this book to better ground yourself in the world and narrative before exploring the prequel's backstory.
Does this series have a specific reading order for the novellas?
The series includes several novellas that bridge the gaps between the main novels, and they are generally best enjoyed in publication order alongside the primary books to maintain the intended flow of the story.