Sunday, October 2, 2022

Locklands, Robert Jackson Bennett

 

Locklands by Robert Jackson Bennett is the third book in The Founder's Trilogy.

Started: 9/25/2022
Completed: 10/2/2022
Recommendation: Highly Recommended
Recommended By: Nobody

Review:

Again, this is a cool story and it takes you into characters that had not received adequate treatment.  There is a gap between this book and the one before, but it is a reasonable gap.  It also allows for some flashbacks to update what has happened in between.  The cosmic fight is, of course, more complicated than that.  I truly love that the access to magic is through study and finding the fundamental ways in which things work (even if those details are left to the imagination through the use of the term "sigil").  I also like that there is a sense of security to the world, that permissions are needed (even if they can be coopted).  Throughout the trilogy there is a theme of the redemptive quality of love and that carries on this last book.  I also like that things are very messy, there are no easy answers and the right answer for some is not necessarily the right answer for all.  This is a really creative world and I'm sorry to see it go, but sure enjoyed the trip.

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