Dawn of the Black Sun is a quick, absorbing, and very entertaining read.

The youthful Ryushu is someone to root for. He is quite green in the ways of combat, but eager and determined to learn. His stubbornness, in fact, is a defining and crucial trait that helps him get through some serious challenges in the course of the story. He carries the weight of the tragedy that thrust him out into the world, which gives a nice gravitas to his motivation for reaching the top of Mount Gharun, which would afford a slim chance at being accepted to train in the ways of the hyo masters.

I how the martial-arts-inspired magic system in this world incorporates training not only for the body, but for strength of mind and spirit as well. This plays a huge part in Ryu's progression and provides hints to where his future talents may lie.

Zashou, the hyo master that Ryu travels with, is a unique mentor character by the fact that he's not very old himself. Near the end of this book we get a nice explanation of the titles and stages you would go through to become a hyo grandmaster. Zash is not quite grandmaster-level yet. He carries his own mental burdens and doubts. However, it is clear that he is a good man through-and-through, and also someone to root for, and a better teacher for Ryu than Zash himself thinks.

Then there is the Exile, who is very much NOT a good man. His story is told in short, intense chapters, building the layers of intrigue as he goes through his own progression from his weakened state at the beginning of the story to where he is at the end of this book. No spoilers, but I love how certain things are expertly revealed by the author along the way.

This first book provides tantalizing bits of backstory for Zash and some of the other adult characters, which I hope will be expanded on in future books because it's great stuff.

I feel this book began right where it should and ended right where it should. There is a clear arc that brings the story to a great starting-off point for the next book. With several interesting plotlines still in play, there is much to look forward to in the rest of the Silver Empire series. fantasy3 s MarQuese LiddleAuthor 3 books8

Dawn of the Black Sun is the first entry in a classic student-mentor hero’s journey. What begins as a tale of revenge expands to a co-character growth arc as Ryu starts a new path in life and his master, Zash, learns to forgive himself for some mysterious tragedy of his past.

If you are a fan of Timo Burnham’s first book, the Black Saint, particularly of that novel’s action, character, and setting elements, you’re ly to Dawn of the Black Son just as well. If you’re about to spend another weekend re-watching Drunken Master, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, or an anime Dragon Ball or History’s Mightiest Disciple Kenichi, consider picking up Dawn of the Black Sun instead. You won’t be let down by the number of fights and obligatory training sequences (no training montages, though); and you were going to have to read subtitles anyway, so now you can get your kung fu fix and say you read a book while you were at it.1 T. RatcliffeAuthor 2 books16

The dark opening really surprised me. Not a bad story from beginning to end. It's wordy in places and the pace is a bit too drawn out, but I enjoyed the story none the less.1 AllisonAuthor 25 books6

I really enjoyed this read, it has everything you need for a fun time: sympathetic characters, a journey of discovery, entertaining fights, and good writing.
A world that echoes the atmosphere of the far East, with mysterious magic and strange animals (bonus points for the extra fluffiness), a good fit for the fans of martial arts and shonen manga, but even if you don’t know what those are, you’ll still be fascinated by the story of this young man that has lost everything and with his newfound master has now to gather the strength to fight and the true reason to do so.
The writing is vivid and effective, never boring, the main villain and his special sword are an intriguing mystery to be solved, and I look forward to the next books!
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Time Burn Ham's Silver Empire series

This is a good read with an I treating main character and a lot o action. The characters that join him seem to be ready to add a lot to the plot. It is about how a young person faces problem but makes a goal and goes for it. Megan8

fun weekend read

Fun little read that didn’t get super serious but had some enjoyable fighting dynamics. Lite beginning of a weak to strong story. Shukov1 review

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