Results of tag "books"
Priest of Gallows review
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Priest of Gallows picks up right where Priest of Lies left off, and is similarly excellent and as dark and brutal as ever. Tomas Piety remains cool as hell, and the extra screen time given to Vogel cements him as one of the most power-hungry, ambitious, scheming bastards in the genre. Some of the...
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Priest of Lies review
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Priest of Lies is the excellent sequel to the excellent Priest of Bones. We continue the story of Tomas Piety, priest, soldier, and gangster, and though Lies is the second of four novels in the series it doesn't fall victim to middle book syndrome at all. This book is full of action and plot...
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The Ocean at the End of the Lane review
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I don't normally get along with books classified under "magical realism". It feels like a term made up by authors and publishers who want to write and sell fantasy without getting the fantasy label. That said, while I don't have much familiarity with Neil Gaiman I did enjoy American Gods and Norse...
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The Lore of Prometheus review
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The Lore of Prometheus is a solid effort and fun read, but isn't without its problems. It starts off as a pretty run of the mill story: an ex-special forces soldier takes on a mercenary contract to help cover his debts after leaving the force. Our protagonist Carver has had a rough time, and his...
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Shadows Linger review
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Shadows Linger is the second in Glen Cook's Black Company series, and is an excellent follow-up. It jumps ahead 6 years from the events of the first novel, and we find ourselves in a far-off western city called Juniper. It's less focused on the Black Company and Croaker, and instead splits the...
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The Black Company review
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The Black Company is the first entry in Glen Cook's series following the eponymous mercenary company, and is usually considered one of the first "grimdark" novels - a subgenre that would explode in popularity in the mid 2000s and early 2010s with Mark Lawrence and Joe Abercrombie.
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