I read this book at the beginning of the year and whilst I wanted to enjoy it and support an emerging talent in the fantasy world, I actually only finished reading it because I don't like to leave the end of a story unread. It had a number of things I hate in fantasy books (need I mention the rea...
So I picked this up thinking it looked interestingThen I started to read it and became rather disinterested. It reads like a poor copy (very very derivative) of P.C.Hodgell's Kencyrath novels. Even the name of the Priest (who is shunned for his magical abilities) starts with the same letter, Kind...
Rue fled, a pale glimmering down the corridor, and Sigismund followed. The corridor twisted and turned, with flights of stairs up and down, and sometimes Sigismund was uncertain whether he was running through rock and earth or a dark twisted wood that reached out to clutch and trip. He focused hi...
Ter said, dismounting. “More than I’ve ever seen.” Garan and his unit were waiting in one of the dips in the plain deep enough to conceal their horses, until all the scouts sweeping the surrounding territory returned. With Ter and Innor now back, only Asha and Lawr remained outstanding. They’re e...