They can burn powder this way to do things like nudge the path of bullets, keep them flying longer, make an enemy soldier's powder horn explode in their hands, the good stuff. They can also use their mage senses to sense nearby powder and spontaneously combust it. By ingesting black powder, these men and women are able to enhance their strength, senses, and durability to superhuman levels. You can find this and the rest of my reviews at Novel Notions. It also allowed for the birth of a new type of mage, the Powder Mage. Brians novels include the Powder Mage Trilogy (Promise of Blood, The Crimson Campaign, and The Autumn Republic), Gods of Blood and Powder (Sins of Empire, Wrath of Empire, and Blood of Empire), and Valkyrie Collections (Uncanny Collateral).
In fact, the cabals of Privileged were so powerful that they were virtually unchallenged until the advent of gunpowder, which messes with their senses. Promise of Blood (Powder Mage series Book 1) Kindle Edition by Brian McClellan (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 2,570 ratings Book 1 of 3: Powder Mage Goodreads Choice Award nominee See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. These men and women can devastate entire companies of infantry with a twitch of their fingers and a thought. These privileged are able to reach into the else and use it to effect the world around them in violent and spectacular fashion. The first is the older of the two, groups of mages called Privileged. But it is supplemented by not one, but two magic systems. This universe is roughly in the late 1700's-1800's as far as technology level goes.