Review: Refreshingly new
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 9, 2014
In my experience it's quite rare to come across an epic fantasy that doesn't trawl the same tired old tropes of dragons, elves and orcs etc. So it was refreshing to stumble upon The Lost Book of Chaos and find myself surprised by its approach. For starters, our protagonist is Judas Iscariot - not your everyday hero! And he has his own take on his infamous betrayal of his Master, as well his own subsequent suicide.Then we meet Lucifer, who is not what you might expect. After that there's Tiberius and Angels and, well, I don't want to spoil it, but suffice to say that our received versions of history are turned on their heads as humanity struggles to understand its purpose in this world.Hugely ambitious, compelling, and drawing on multiple religious, philosophical, mystical and historical sources and more, this is a book that's well worth putting some time aside to enjoy.