IR VERDICT:
The second novel in Roger B. Burt’s planned Gaia’s Majesty Trilogy, GAIA’S MAJESTY—CHALLENGE: THE CHOSEN RISE broaches important themes and continues the author’s project in epic fantasy and mythologically inflected world-building, tracing the ongoing conflict between the Tethyans, representatives of the Earth Mother Gaia who are committed to female empowerment and environmental stewardship, and the Overlords, an earth-destroying, androcentric group.