The beginning of Battlemage picks up immediately after the end of The Inqusition, when Fletcher and his team have entered the ether. The ether is another realm from which the humans and orcs harness their demons. The air of the ether is poisonous to humans, but Fletcher's team were able to grab some flowers (discovered in the temple of the orcs) that make them immune to the poison, but not for long. They're in a race against time - not just to find more flowers, but also against the orcs that pursue them.
After they make it out of the ether, that's when the really war begins. They know the orcs will be coming for them in one, final battle, and they need to prepare.
Unlike some third books of trilogies, Battlemage doesn't suffer from the feeling that the story got rushed in order to make a deadline. There are some truly spectacular races against time, well-organised battles as if Matharu was truly there himself organising the varying sides. There are some tragedies, as in any war, that moved me immensely, which shows the power of Matharu's characterisation.
Overall, this was a brilliant trilogy that I would recommend to any fan of YA or fantasy or both.
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