Ascendant Kingdoms Saga Ice Forged, Book 1, (Paperback)

from stefferoo

I've long been curious about Ice Forged. Though I also own The Summoner from her Chronicles of the Necromancer series, for some reason I just knew I wanted this one to be my first Gail Z. Martin book. They're both stories set in high fantasy worlds, but lands of ice and snow have always fascinate...

from ljbryant

Like the early books in most epic fantasy series, Ice Forged is mostly about setup. A great deal of time is spent on world and character building, for future novels. This is pretty typical for this kind of story. However, Gail Martin does her world building quite well, and I found myself, at the ...

from lostinalibrary

When Blaine kills his aristocratic but evil father, he is stripped of his title and banished to Edgeland, a penal colony far away from civilization. He soon realizes that beheading may have been the kinder punishment. Edgeland is a bitter cold wasteland and the Warden is a cruel man who takes his...

from twolfe360

As an early reviewer, I looked forward to reading Gail Z. Martin's Ice Forged. I had thoroughly enjoyed The Summoner and it's sequel The Blood King. I found reading Ice Forged to be an enjoyable experience although not as enjoyable as the those earlier works. Having said that Ice Forge does deliv...

from TheBooknerd

I've never read anything by Gail Martin before, and now I think I've been seriously missing out. If Ice Forged is anything to judge by, this is one incredibly skilled author. This book is a hole-in-one success -- the plot is intriguing, the characters are memorable, and the world Martin creates i...