| Title | : | The Yoga of Pain (The Yoga Trilogy #2) |
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| ISBN | : | 1999103599 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781999103590 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 363 |
| Publication | : | Published January 1, 2021 |
Darkness is descending on the world of Clovir. Andrew Cardiff has disappeared, leaving broken Knight Simon Tomley to fend for himself in the jungle of exotic Atika. Having abandoned her co-conspirators and the Red Tradition, enigmatic Mage Kathryn must make a choice of where she stands. Can the two find their answers within themselves in time?
What's more: in Isha, the King of Thrairn has locked himself away, leaving his people to fend for themselves. Former ally Erifracia makes ready for war. And what of hated Liseria? And Patricia? And Queegan? As Chaos bristles through from the opened Rift and Demons ravage their way across the countryside, the only thing certain is that change is coming.
Unity or Separation: there is only room enough for one in the realm…
The Yoga of Pain is the fifth book in The Clovir Cycle. If you like fast-paced plots, rich description, colourful dialogue, darkly comic situations, and reflections on the human condition, then you’ll love this fifth instalment of Andrew Marc Rowe’s unputdownable fantasy series.
Pick up The Yoga of Pain to explore this exciting new series today!
The Yoga of Pain (The Yoga Trilogy #2) Reviews
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The Yoga of Pain is the second chapter of The Yoga Trilogy and it's a bit of a doozy (to be fair, it is The Yoga of Pain). One of the things I chuckled to myself about the criticisms for The Yoga of Strength, Book One of The Yoga Trilogy, was how some of the reviewers did not like the lack of women and their treatment. For one, it was told from the perspective of an introverted guy who spent a large degree of the first half of the novel as quite a bit of an unlikeable shitheel, and for two, The Yoga of Pain was on its way! This book focuses on the enigmatic Mage Kathryn's life - let me tell you, she ain't such an enigma by the end of this one!
From here, I would recommend you either go for
The Amaril Company, A Prequel to The Yoga Trilogy, or
Clovir: An Overture, Tales of Sight I, if you haven't checked out the short stories yet. Don't worry - The Yoga of Connection, Book Three of The Yoga Trilogy, is indeed on its way. I hope to have it out by the end of 2020!
A quick note about the way I write my cycles. Essentially, there is a total of eight interrelated books set within the world of each cycle. That includes a prequel novella and a trilogy of novels, and a “Tales of” series of short story collections. The generally recommended reading order is to start with the novella, followed, by the first book of short stories, followed by the first main trilogy novel, then the second book of short stories, and on down the line in this fashion. However, this is not strictly necessary - you can start with the first book in the trilogies or the first book of short stories and you will be able to follow along.
The main novels tend to be a little more ‘serious’ and philosophical as a whole than the short stories, but that is not always the case. I cut my teeth as a writer on short stories - I love the format, I love what is required of an author to write in that style. That said, the more humorous stories are found in the ‘Tales of’ short story collections, but there are plenty of funny scenes in the novels and some philosophical interludes in the short stories.
To make a long story short - if you want the complete experience, read the entire cycle. If you just want to read the main story, check out the trilogy (and the prequel, if it strikes your fancy). If you want some bite-sized chunks to digest, check out the ‘Tales of’ stories.
