Stephen R. Lawhead's science fiction and fantasy series “Bright Empries” seems to be like no other. Especially since it was written by him. Unlike most of Stephen R. Lawhead's work that deals with mixing mythology and historical events, “Bright Empires” does neither. Instead, they focus on humans going to other dimensions and what it would be like to visit worlds, not just countries, that were not their own.
With the release of the fifth book in the series in 2014, called “The Fatal Tree”, the series has been once and for all wrapped up.
He got the inspiration to explore the idea of multi dimensions from a friend who worked at Fermi Lab and took Stephen on a tour of the proton-antiproton facility in Chicago. It was around this time that …show more content…
After Kit met Coismo in an alley in London, he has to go on the run and go on a quest to find all of the pieces of the skin map so that the hidden wonders and dimensions of the world will be known to him. To complete his mission means being one step ahead of the Burley Men, and the skin map is the key. He already found one of the pieces to the map. Kit does not know what the map means and where the thing leads to. He has help from Mina, someone who was in seventeenth century Prague, and she has been gaining all kinds of skills so that they can travel throughout space. This allows them to go on many adventures …show more content…
Lawhead's knack for improving upon certain things talked about in the first part of a series and making them even better. Readers who can handle historical fantasy will be in for a treat with this one. Readers agree that if you found the first one to be enjoyable, then this should also be enjoyable; but say that if you did not enjoy book one, there is little hope this one will win you over. Some enjoyed how well thought out and executed the story was. These novels will help readers see how great Lawhead is at connecting the characters to their adventures, and simply how great of a writer he is in general. Some people felt that they were pacing themselves so that they would not miss a single detail of what happened in the novel, and it actually helped to keep details
With the release of the fifth book in the series in 2014, called “The Fatal Tree”, the series has been once and for all wrapped up.
He got the inspiration to explore the idea of multi dimensions from a friend who worked at Fermi Lab and took Stephen on a tour of the proton-antiproton facility in Chicago. It was around this time that …show more content…
After Kit met Coismo in an alley in London, he has to go on the run and go on a quest to find all of the pieces of the skin map so that the hidden wonders and dimensions of the world will be known to him. To complete his mission means being one step ahead of the Burley Men, and the skin map is the key. He already found one of the pieces to the map. Kit does not know what the map means and where the thing leads to. He has help from Mina, someone who was in seventeenth century Prague, and she has been gaining all kinds of skills so that they can travel throughout space. This allows them to go on many adventures …show more content…
Lawhead's knack for improving upon certain things talked about in the first part of a series and making them even better. Readers who can handle historical fantasy will be in for a treat with this one. Readers agree that if you found the first one to be enjoyable, then this should also be enjoyable; but say that if you did not enjoy book one, there is little hope this one will win you over. Some enjoyed how well thought out and executed the story was. These novels will help readers see how great Lawhead is at connecting the characters to their adventures, and simply how great of a writer he is in general. Some people felt that they were pacing themselves so that they would not miss a single detail of what happened in the novel, and it actually helped to keep details