Review: If only they hadn't gone to war against Tiranor...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 15, 2013
Ahh, it's so good to get back into the world of Requiem.  The story begins 300+ years after the last seven survivors from the Song of Dragons trilogy.  We now hear of their ancestors, the ancient royal lines descendend from Aeternum, Terra Eleison, Gloriae, Agnus Dei, etc.  The dragons have thrived, though of course their numbers are nowhere near where their golden age long long ago was.  Nova Vita is the new capital and the Vir Requis have scattered across Requiem.However, early on we hear of a war that happened 30 years ago, when Requiem's armies attacked the Tiranor, a country that makes it's dwelling in the sands and deserts.  No real reason is ever quite given for the war; it almost seems undeserved, like Requiem just attacked a country because they were different.  Throughout the book, I often wondered and wished the Vir Requis had learned from the attacks on them not to go out to war against others and to try to extinguish another race.And now, the Tiranor people have risen from the damage the war had caused.  We find out that the true conqueror seeking revenge for the war against Tiranor is Solina; the lost princess that had been adopted into the Vir Requis family as an orphan.  Because of her "difference" and inability to shift, she was ridiculed; we never quite know whether she was ridiculed for real or whether she just read between the lines and thought people didn't like her.The battle ensues as Solina attacks the Vir Requis.  Once again the Vir Requis find lost artifacts and go in the search to bring them back to Requiem to save the day!  While the story somehow seems very repetitive of the Song of Dragons book (aka, Requiem under attack for being "different" and will be wiped out of existence is the artifacts aren't recovered....and they manage to survive in the nick of time), the book is still VERY enjoyable.  It's fun to hear briefly of how the Vir Requis have recovered from near decimation and of their determination to stay alive.