Fantasy Book Critic: Exclusive Cover Reveal: Flames of Mana: Eschaton Cycle (Heirs of Mana Book 2) by Matt Larkin

When I contracted Felix Ortiz for this series, it was always supposed to be a trilogy of grimdark fantasy books set in Polynesia (with a potential second trilogy some day).

We knew we wanted all the covers to mirror one another, so book 2 was going to look like book 1 in so far as a god-queen would be wielding badass elemental magic.

Anyone who read book 1 could probably guess which goddess needed to be on this cover:

Pele.

Pretty much the most badass deity in Polynesian myth.

In this case, my request to Felix was something like “give me lots of lava and eruptions.”

Felix pretty much took that and ran with it, incorporating water both for contrast, and a representation of the continuing struggle between the different god-queens.

And I love how it turned out.

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OFFICIAL BOOK BLURB: Her rage is an inferno.

Flames and volcanoes answer her call. Armies fall before her.

But not even can she can raise the dead.

Can she?

With unlikeliest of allies, Pele strives to save the soul of her fallen sister. Time is short and with every passing hour, the girl drifts closer to becoming a shade. All that might save her is the Waters of Life.

But how far will the immortal guardians go to protect their secrets?

And even if Pele can overcome the gods, can she face the mistakes of her own past?

You’ll love this gritty dark fantasy that unfolds across tropical islands and undersea realms laced with hidden savagery.