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Review: Tribes of the Gods Endure by Kay Ni C.

September 22, 2024 by Alan Behan Leave a Comment

Rating: 8.5/10

Synopsis

Tribes of the Gods Endure is a fictional mythological tale about the concealed mysteries of Ireland and the Irish people. The ancient gods of Ireland have been forgotten for a long time and rarely talked about, but they are shared from one generation to the next by older people in local bars. They are the defenders of their people and their homeland. A resilient attitude that they instill in their offspring, who strive to be real leaders by defending the defenceless and making their lives better.

Review

A beautiful and wonderful dark debut novel by Kay Ni C full of old Irish mythical legends, the Aes Sidhe (fairies), ancient gods of Ireland, the Tuatha De Denann, and the scary wailing banshee that used to terrify me as a kid. For a debut novel, it feels Kay C Ni has been at this game a long time, creating and crafting an ancient magical Ireland for fans of fantasy and mythical tales and history blended beautifully in this wonderfully written tale.

Tribes of the Gods Endure is a standalone novel with fantastic worldbuilding and setting. From the very first page, you are just hooked with its grisly setting, and you know you are in for one hell of read.
The story is told from multiple pov’s, and the character growth is excellent. You feel so connected with them as the author puts them through their paces as evil desends and threatens their peaceful way of life.

Tribes of the Gods Endure is full of ancient clans united by one king. Based and told in the beautiful counties of Mayo, Galway, and Meath. Kay Ni C transcends you back in time, and being Irish, I absolutely loved reading tales like this back in school. If you love your fantasy action-packed, sword wielding gore ridden battles, magic, giant wolves, ancient legends, evil witches, and their cannibalistic eating hordes, then you will love this.

In this tale, King Tiernan ruler of Ireland daughter has gone missing, sends his men out, to find her. When they don’t return, he learns that an old foe and story from legend has returned from the dead Carman, the evil witch has gained godly status and has brought her vile sons and beastly creatures the Fomorians from the sea to bring death and destruction on all the people of Ireland.

With the Tuatha De Denann gone from the land and hidden on the secret ancient Ilse of Ui Breasail. King Teirnan must unite the clans and get word to the Tuatha De Denann for help. Will Carman have her revenge and blood lust on all those who are descendants of the Gods who destroyed her and left her for dead. Read it and find out. You will not be disappointed.

I absolutely enjoyed this book. It has opened my eyes to how much fantasy and mythical lore of Ireland has to offer its readers, and I will be looking forward to reading more similar stories. I can’t wait to see what Kay Ni C brings us next. Highly recommend…😁☘️🔥🗡


Filed Under: Dark Fantasy, Debut, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Historical Fantasys, Mythology, Reviews, Sword and Sorcery, Witches Tagged With: Book Review, Fantasy, Fantasy Books

About Alan Behan

Right a bit about myself, I am married to my wonderful wife Catherine of 18 years, we have three beautiful girls together, 20, 18 and 14 years of age. They are my world as well as my books...😁 I work full time as industrial plumber, I'm 45 years old and my hobbies is spending time with my family and of course reading fantasy every chance I can get. I love supporting indie authors and getting the word out about their new books. My all-time favorite authors are Steven Erikson, Mark Lawrence and Robert Jordan and that's just to name a few.

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