Half a War (Shattered Sea # 3) (2015) brings the trilogy to a glorious conclusion. As with book 2, Yarvi, now Father Yarvi, is the central figure although often the viewpoint is that of Young Princess Skara or Koll or Raith, who is now an old legend. Ultimately, a book and a series about warriors and battles (and there are plenty of them here) becomes a book about chess-playing or strategy or we wonder by the end who is the best chess player and who is thinking moves ahead.
This final book is the story of the alliance forged by Yarvi against the High King and Grandmother Wexen and how Gettland and Throvenland (at times a kingdom of no more than 2 or 3 people) and Vansterland stand against the vastly overwhelming numbers led by the High King and his undefeated general Bright Yilling. It is a story of constantly changing alliances and trickery and treachery and the battle is fought as much with words as it is with swords or secret elf-weapons that Yarvi procures.
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