My only real issue with the book is how unnecessarily purple prose-y it can get. Some of this is story driven, in which characters act in unexpected ways, but on occasion it felt that the story said one thing and Scorio felt another and they didn’t quite line up. Occasionally the consequences Scorio faces don’t quite match up with either his actions or his expectations. Altogether, you can tell that this book was a labor of love for the fantasy genre and an excellent demonstration of writing skills. Side characters are fleshed out for the most part, and despite the multiple false climaxes throughout the action in the book the final climax is a genuinely satisfying one. The mana leveling system is explained in a way that doesn’t feel out of place but a natural progression of the training Scorio undertakes. This allows the readers to learn more about his character as he does, making for fewer exposition moments in which characters tell us their characteristics but do not demonstrate them at all. Scorio also is introduced without knowing anything about himself or his past. He makes an excellent character for introducing the readers to the world of pit fiends and mana leveling. Through Scorio’s eyes, the whole world is new and largely unknown–even frightening at times. Though we are primarily given the perspective of Scorio there are a couple of “interludes” that give some glimpses into the minds of other key characters. There is some fantastic writing, character development, and world building in this book. Plot: A scrappy upstart underdog fights his way through all of hell (or starts to) Oh yeah, there is so much found family/importance of friendship going on in this book. Tropes: The real treasure was the friends we made along the way! The novel pretty succinctly lays out the “levels” for Great Souls and describes Scorio’s challenges as he ascends the ranks. Tucker describes his novel as a “progression fantasy” which is essentially a form of epic or high fantasy in which the power of the main character progresses through a series of levels. Bastion follows Scorio’s journey from the bottom to the top as he works to channel enough mana to fuel his power. When Scorio is awakened, he is put through the Gauntlet–a series of deadly traps and enemies–and informed of his identity only to be cast out from his peers. Scorio is a Great Soul, a person reborn after death to serve as a soldier against the deepest parts of the Pit of Hell and help their people return to a distant land long since closed off to them. What is Bastion about?īastion is about the journey of Scorio. I received a free copy of the Bastion ARC in exchange for my honest review. For only then will he learn about his forgotten past, and why his enemies have rightly feared him since the day he was reborn. To emerge from the ruins and within those golden walls defeat his elite classmates in a quest to ascend the ranks and change the course of history. Singled out and sentenced to die for crimes he can’t remember, Scorio is hurled to his doom-and forgotten.īut from even the dimmest spark an inferno may one day rage.Ĭlawing his way back from oblivion, Scorio vows to return to the Academy at any cost. That within the hallowed halls of the Academy and under the stern eyes of the underworld’s greatest instructors he will enjoy enormous privilege, rediscover unique and wondrous powers, and one day return to the millennium-old battle against their infernal foes. Reborn without memories, Scorio learns that he is a Great Soul, a legendary defender of the ancient city of Bastion. Scorio will rise from the ashes to conquer the ten layers of hell.
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