Title: Oath
Author: Chuck Black
Series: The Starlore Legacy, book 4
Major Themes: Science Fiction, Allegories, Space Opera
Synopsis: With Raviel separated from him by space and time once more, Daeson embarks on another journey to find her—and discovers the Rayleans in desperate straits, this time being led into battle by a mysterious Navi.
I’ve been reading the Starlore Legacy series for close to two years now, and although it’s been going a bit slowly for me because I keep getting distracted by other books (I wish I could read them all now!), I keep coming back to this series. I was excited to pick up Oath because I knew it would likely be another excellent addition to the series. Plus, Lore, book three, ended on a pretty good cliffhanger, so I was excited to see what this book had in store for us.
Publisher’s description:
Lord Dracus’s evil continues to spread across the galaxy, but a glimmer of hope is discovered in the words of an ancient oracle.
Daeson and Raviel are torn apart by a rift in the fabric of space. Desperate to find her, Daeson races through time only to discover that Sovereign Ell Yon’s beloved people are on the brink of annihilation. When a mysterious Navi rises up to lead them in battle against their fierce enemies, Daeson must walk the dangerous path of supporting and protecting this new hero. Against overwhelming odds, the Navi rally as they discover hope in a cryptic promise, and yet Lord Dracus’s plan to destroy all that is good seems unstoppable. Can Daeson and Raviel endure for the sake of the oath?
My thoughts:
This didn’t end up being my favorite of the series, although I still enjoyed seeing what happened next with the beloved characters from earlier books. For some reason, the story wasn’t as gripping for me; it felt like there was a lot more telling (“this happened, then that”) rather than showing how the story played out. I’m blaming that partly on the amount of time this book had to cover to get to the next important part of the story; in this case, I think the author did the best he could with what he had.
Once again, I loved being in this world. The story wasn’t super upbeat in tone, but I loved the reminders all the way through that God is in control, even when we can’t see what He’s doing. There’s the whole science tech part of the story, too; I loved hearing about the highly sophisticated machines to do different things.
As far as the allegorical part of the story goes, I feel like that was a lot easier to track in this book than in previous ones. This book covers from approximately Deborah’s time through Daniel/the three Hebrew children in Babylon. I’ll be intrigued to see what length of Biblical timeline the next book covers!
If you’re looking for an engaging series with some fun sci-fi-y elements and a strong Biblical allegory (as well as some great characters—Rivet is definitely still one of my favorites!), I’d recommend you check out Oath, as well as the other Starlore Legacy books. So far, they’ve all been good reads, and I don’t expect that will change moving forward.
WARNING: Chapter 2: A fight with robots “killed”, man is threatened with injury. Chapter 3: Some self-defense and a brief fight with a few people hurt. Chapter 7: Two people killed. Chapter 10: People presumably killed in a plane crash. Chapter 12: Finding someone dead. Chapter 14: Many people killed, and some lives threatened. Chapter 17: Girl’s leg almost cut off. Chapter 18: Woman dies.
Age levels:
Reading Independently—Ages 12 – 15, 15 and Above
Links to buy this book:
Amazon: Paperback | Kindle | Hardcover | Audible Audiobook (unabridged)
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