The Oathsworn Legacy
by K.R. Gangi
Rawley and Baelin make a living the only way they know how—protecting the people of Centrum by slaying the dark things that stole their childhood: Monsters, and everything evil.
Though the work never ends, and there’s plenty of coin to go around, Rawley and Baelin discover a sinister secret hidden deep within the crevices of Centrum’s past. Centuries of lies and deceit unravel before them, and they soon shift from mere mercenaries to a force that will last generations.
At least, that’s their hope.
Dwarves in the west, Wroughtmen in the north, Elves in the east, and a tyrant king ruling with an oppressive fist, Rawley and Baelin balance on the precipice of total chaos.
Will everything they’ve accomplished be enough to save them from the shadows rising, or will a plot that’s generations old finally drag everything into the abyss?
SPFBOX – Our Reviews
John Mauro
In The Oathsworn Legacy, author K.R. Gangi delivers sword and sorcery fantasy with a Lovecraftian twist. The structure of The Oathsworn Legacy recalls that of the excellent Hanuvar Trilogy by Howard Andrew Jones, where each chapter acts as a standalone short story. The individual stories then come together to create a whole greater than the sum of its parts.
K.R. Gangi’s worldbuilding embraces standard Tolkienesque elements, including elven and dwarven races, wizards, etc. His writing is more informal compared to that of either Tolkien or Jones. The first half of The Oathsworn Legacy seems like standard fare sword and sorcery, with a “monster of the week” flair that belies the depth that is slowly being developed.
Gangi levels up somewhere mid-novel, elevating the second half of the book to a quality on par with the best of Howard Andrew Jones. Gangi also adopts a more Lovecraftian air in this latter part of the book, which works especially well when combined with a switch from third-person to first-person narration. I honestly wasn’t quite prepared for the level of emotional depth that emerges in the second half of the novel. Overall, The Oathsworn Legacy is highly recommended for fans of dark epic fantasy and sword and sorcery.
