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Star Requiem #1
Mother of Storms
Fleeing the destruction wrought by the alien Csendook, humanity settles on the planet Innasmorn, an inhospitable, stormswept world inhabited by hostile sorcerers.
- GenresScience
378 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 1, 1989
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Adrian Cole
370 books31 followersAdrian Cole was born in Plymouth, Devonshire in 1949. He is currently the Director of College Resources in a large secondary school in Bideford, where he now lives with his wife, Judy, son Sam, and daughter Katia. He remains best known for his Dream Lords trilogy as well as his young adult novels, Moorstones and The Sleep of Giants.
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January 12, 2020
The first book of a promising epic. The survivors of humanity fleeing to an alternate dimension with all their technology to escape a hive of interdimensional genocidal invaders. The end up on a world that runs by what can only be described as magic, with inhabitants who have the power to control the wind. Will there be war? Will humanity seek dark powers to try and regain what they lost? And what about when the hive of invaders finds them?
July 29, 2025
Mother of Storms by Adrian Cole is one of the most underrated books I’ve come across. I honestly can't believe how few people have read or rated it on Goodreads. I’m usually not a big fantasy reader, but this one had me hooked right from the start.
What really stood out to me was how the story follows different races and cultures, and how they’re not just painted as good or evil. Even the ones that seem like villains at first have their own divisions, betrayals, and internal power struggles. It’s not black and white, and that made it so much more interesting. You end up rooting for characters from totally different sides, which adds a lot of depth and tension to the story.
There’s also this constant sense of mystery that kept me turning pages. I always wanted to know more. The world feels big and dangerous, but also very alive.
If you like fantasy with complex characters and moral grey areas, or if (like me) you’re not usually into fantasy but want something fresh and gripping, give this book a try. It deserves way more attention than it’s getting.
What really stood out to me was how the story follows different races and cultures, and how they’re not just painted as good or evil. Even the ones that seem like villains at first have their own divisions, betrayals, and internal power struggles. It’s not black and white, and that made it so much more interesting. You end up rooting for characters from totally different sides, which adds a lot of depth and tension to the story.
There’s also this constant sense of mystery that kept me turning pages. I always wanted to know more. The world feels big and dangerous, but also very alive.
If you like fantasy with complex characters and moral grey areas, or if (like me) you’re not usually into fantasy but want something fresh and gripping, give this book a try. It deserves way more attention than it’s getting.
January 9, 2024
What a wild ride, this story was all over the place, but not in a bad way. The names of the characters too, the most inventive names I've ever seen. Set up perfectly for the next book. I really enjoyed it.
September 16, 2015
It's just all over the place. scifi, fantasy, clans, space age, iron age, aliens, gods , medieval tribal, and none of it really fits. . And the dialogue language is just as off putting. the whole thing is really one big incomplete thought. But, it has left me curious to see where this story goes.
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