Review: Sins of the Mother
Sins of the Mother by Rob J. Hayes My rating: 4 of 5 stars Review now live at Grimdark Magazine Two years ago, when I’d finished reading From Cold Ashes Risen , I thought I had finished a brilliant trilogy that would rank among the greats in the Grimdark pantheon. I still hold to that belief, but I was pleasantly surprised early this year when Rob J. Hayes released a continuation of Eska’s story in Sins of the Mother. It seems she wasn’t finished with the world just yet. Ten years retired from ruling her kingdom, Eskara Helsene is enjoying her life away from it all. She lives in a village called Wrysom where everyone believes her to be an eccentric old wise woman. Only one little girl calls her “The Corpse Queen” these days, and she’s doing so in jest. The poor thing doesn’t realize how close to the mark she hit with her casual insult. ”Still, I was old now, and all my life I was reliably informed that age brings wisdom and patience and a bunch of