Blood of Mystery

Property6Value
Author NameAnthony, Mark
SeriesThe Last Rune
Book Number4
SummaryTravis, Durge, and Lirith are thrown back in time to 1883 Castle City; Grace, Vani, Beltan, and Falken travel to the tower of Runebreakers; Aryn and Melia travel back to Calavan to meet Aryn's fiance.
RecommendationRecommended
Date Read2026-03-10

I remembered not liking Aryn's sections when I read through these books before, but didn't mind them so much this time around. Mark Anthony's strengths in dialogue and description continue to improve, although I can't help but feel like it opened with some archaic vernacular, and near the end (like the last 10%) there was some heavy summary to move the story along. I can see why, but still, it was a lot.

Also interesting, I feel like the first two books had emphatic beginnings and ends, where third book really fed into this one, and this one really feeds into the fifth.