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It wouldn’t be high on my recommendation list, but I’d recommend it to readers who cared more about plot, the magic system, and action than the characters themselves. While sensibly contained to one book, the story does allow for that anticipatory desire to keep reading, following the story into further and more interesting locations. The world surrounding our characters, and the history and mythology preceding them, all combine to create a whole that is utterly compelling. Regardless, I loved these characters during their trials and tribulations. Tamas now shares in Dalinar Kholin’s title of “most likely older general to inspire me into fictional military service”. But Tamas is far from perfect — his past grievances with the Kez force his hand at a critical time.
A tightly wound caseworker is pushed out of his comfort zone when he’s sent to observe a remote orphanage for magical children.You’ve one mark on your record,” Tamas said. “You once punched a na-baron in the face. Broke his jaw. Tell me about that.” Nila finds herself confronted with soldiers killing her noble employers one night. But she can't let the same happen to their little boy, so she smuggles him out in the hope find a safe place for him and to start a new life of her own.
The next day, Manhouch, his queen and many of the arrested nobles are executed by guillotine, ending the monarchy in Adro and leading the country on the path to civil war.a b David Gemmell Legend Awards, 13 June 2014, retrieved 13 June 2014. "Gemmell Awards 2014 - THE WINNERS! - the David Gemmell Legend Awards". Archived from the original on 2014-07-07 . Retrieved 2014-06-14. I have mixed feelings about Brian McClellan’s writing. This is the only book I’ve read of his and it being his debut novel, I expect I would find his more recent books better written. There were many times where I was pulled out of the book by the writing. Too many of the scenes felt like a play-by-play, he did this, and then this happened, and then this. Combined with an abundance of passive voice, the writing just felt off.
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