Title: First of the Two "Dread Empire" Prequels
Review: "The Fire in His Hands" is the first of the two prequels to Cook's "Dread Empire" series (I read it as part of the Kindle version of the prequel omnibus:A Fortress In Shadow: Chronicle of the Dread Empire). It covers the very beginning of Bragi, Haroun, and El Murid. Normally, when I read series, I read them in order of their in-book chronology. But, in this case, since there's so much time between this prequel and the main trilogy, I'd say it's more fun to read the prequel afterward. Regardless of the reading order, this book is better written than any of the main trilogy: the pacing is better, the dialog is better, and there's less of the cornucopia of place names that the main trilogy throws at you. So, I'm rating it at a Very Good 4 stars out of 5.
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