A destructive magic, a corrupt regime, an insidious plot…and the girl who stood in the way.
“A fantasy retelling akin to The Princess Bride, but in this one, the girl saves herself.”__________________________________________________________________Meet Lyra:
An orphan
A thief
A liar
A bard
A warrior
A princess
…A rogue
When tragedy strikes, Lyra runs for her life…directly into the …
When tragedy strikes, Lyra runs for her life…directly into the hands of fate. Destiny places her at the heart of a plot to overthrow the rulers of Issalia.
She must help thwart this twisted scheme.
Joined by a man armed with powerful magic and a soldier who wields an enchanted weapon, the trio must face the most fearsome force the world has ever known. Even if they survive this epic confrontation, the future is not secure…
History often forgets the details, and sometimes, history forgets the truth. Lyra’s tale reveals what truly happened hundreds of years before The Runes of Issalia series takes place. Join her on journey of self-discovery, personal growth, and budding romance as she evolves from a rebellious girl to a heroic adult.
Within these pages, resides her legacy.
Being a novella, I was going to skip this book in the series. I am glad I didn’t! Lyra’s story was very entertaining reading. More great characters, twists and turns, which explained the situation that evolved into The Emblem Throne.
Rogue Legacy: The Secret History of Issalia is an engaging story that pulled me in after a few pages. In this book, I was introduced to Lyra, a young woman who has a unique gift with the lute. She is living with her father until the night that he refuses to do a task that he had already agreed to do. That night she witnesses the death of her father and her own life is thrown into danger. She flees to the only person she believes can help her only to lose them as well. On the run, she changes her name trying to avoid the people who are after to silence her. Lyra meets up with a group of people while on the run, and they adopt her into their group and teach her what they know. While with them, she is befriended and taught by Gar. He seems to care for her, but due to the difference in age, she refuses him. One night while out to steal, she falls into a hole and is hurt. The young man she was going to steal from helps her out but on the condition, she stays and helps him with his work for a certain number of months. She agrees. She learns his name is Cal and that he can do magic. Cal conducts experiments, but he’s doing them for an organization inside the Church called The Hand. The Hand seeks to obtain all power and will do what they must to do so. With the aid of Cal’s experimentations with magic, something terrifying is created. Cal must find a way to stop it, but the danger will not stop there. Lyra will find that danger seems to follow her no matter where she goes.
Rogue Legacy is the first book that I have read by Jeffrey L. Kohanek and I loved this book. I am eager to read the other books by this author to read more about this storyline of Issalia. I completely forgot that this story was being told as a story to another character in the story! I was so engrossed in the story as it went along that when it shifted to the character the story is being narrated to I was surprised. I literally laughed out loud because of how well done this story is. For me, when the author manages to make me forget certain things like that then you know it’s a great story. Lyra is such an engaging character for me. In the beginning, I was a touch annoyed with her, but as the story moved along I came to really like her. She has a lot of spirit and despite everything that happens you really don’t see her sitting around feeling sorry for herself.
There honestly isn’t anything that I don’t like about this book. It is engaging from start to finish for me. I was constantly wanting to read what was going to happen next. I’m putting the other books that are related to this one on my TBR shelf because I am more than eager to read them.
I am rating this book 5 out of 5 stars. I enjoyed this book so much. This author absolutely has a new fan and reader in me. I look forward to reading more of his works in the near future.