The first three (short) books in The Forever Children trilogy, Legacy Bound and Whole Heart reprise one of the appealing characters in Frank Kennedy’s Collectorate universe, the principled, immortal soldier Exeter (aka X). In the first book, X seeks peace on the artifical world of Aeterna, home to the immortals, but is sucked back into mortal and high-stakes action when his spouse dives into a lake to find the mythical Jewels and the former super immortal Michael Cooper’s son attempts to bring father back to life. The second book boosts the stakes and increases the mystery and the third escalates external threats, inserts a wonderful character from another of the author’s series, and deepens the Jewel-led weirdness. Throughout, the writing is tight, immersive, and propulsive, and the characters shine. Another winner of a series from this author and I’m hanging out for the remaining instalments of this series.
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