{"id":9871,"date":"2022-10-13T04:56:16","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T04:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/?p=9871"},"modified":"2026-06-06T17:59:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T17:59:04","slug":"the-firebird-chronicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/the-firebird-chronicles\/","title":{"rendered":"The Firebird Chronicles"},"content":{"rendered":"

T.A. White’s Firebird Chronicles<\/a> reminds me of series like Sirantha Jax<\/a> and Theirs Not to Reason Why<\/a>. Series that I had almost forgotten I’d missed.<\/p>\n

What’s interesting about these first four books (Rules of Redemption<\/em>, Age of Deception<\/em>, Threshold of Annihilation<\/em>, and Facets of Revolution<\/em>) is that they tell a continuous story; the next book begins immediately from where the previous ends in an unbroken scene. This poses a bit of a problem since the series is currently incomplete… although I’m not sure if it’s better or worse than using a conventional style of cliffhanger.<\/p>\n

Content-wise you have your standard brash female protagonist with abnormal power forced onto a path she initially doesn’t want which features a love interest it initially seems like a bad idea to get involved with. Yet, despite the fact that I really hate<\/em> stories where people in positions of power force their views\/goals on others this one ends up managing to walk a tightrope balance by having those rulers actually care about the people they’re trying to rule. Which opens the door for compromise (following a conflict of some sort of course).<\/p>\n

That said, the way Facets of Revolution<\/em> sets the stage for its presumed follow-up is incredibly contrived. Just cringe-inducing idiocy from all involved that does not bode well for whatever the author intends as the endgame.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

T.A. White’s Firebird Chronicles reminds me of series like Sirantha Jax and Theirs Not to Reason Why. Series that I had almost forgotten I’d missed. What’s interesting about these first four books (Rules of Redemption, Age of Deception, Threshold of Annihilation, and Facets of Revolution) is that they tell a continuous story; the next book begins immediately from where the previous ends in an unbroken scene. This poses a bit of a problem since the series is currently incomplete… although I’m not sure if it’s better or worse than using a conventional style of cliffhanger. Content-wise you have your standard brash female protagonist with abnormal power forced onto a path she initially doesn’t want which features a love interest it initially seems like a bad idea to get involved with. Yet, despite the fact that I really hate stories where people in positions of power force their views\/goals on others this one ends up managing to walk a tightrope balance by having those rulers actually care about the people they’re trying to rule. Which opens the door for compromise (following a conflict of some sort of course). That said, the way Facets of Revolution sets the stage for its presumed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[567,29,62,566],"class_list":["post-9871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-related","tag-firebird-chronicles","tag-paranormal-romance","tag-science-fiction","tag-t-a-white"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t