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pjonsson's review
4.0
Not surprisingly this is another great book in the Saga of the Forgotten Warrior series. As usual Larry Correia’s writing is excellent.
This book continues the story of Ashok Vandal in this intricate world of sword wielders, magic, mystery and maybe some science? Ashok Vadal is back in play after escaping. I did not really like him being imprisoned but the story Correia weaved together after his escape, that I really liked.
Not only was it a nice adventure in itself but it really advanced the story in terms of how the world came to be as it is now in the book, the mystery of the black metal and so on and so forth. I quite like the direction the story is taking here.
Of course there is the usual action parts and, again as usual, Correia excels when writing those.
There are, unfortunately, also quite a lot of parts with dialogues involving the conspiracies and machinations which I felt was less enjoyable. Sure, they are excellently written but they were just not my favorite parts. There were times, when reading, that I felt there was too much of this and not enough of Ashok Vandal.
Still, Larry Correia is a excellent author and his books are not really comparable to a lot of the books, the majority really, that I have read. So when I say there was too much of this and not enough of that, it is really me being greedy and saying there was too much four star material and not enough five star material in the book.
So although, for me personally, this book fell half a star short of five stars, mostly for the reason I outlined in the previous paragraphs, which is more due to personal taste really than any fault of the author, I am really looking forward to the next book. I am dying to see where the story goes and really hope that we will get more revelations about the black metal and the ancestors.
This book continues the story of Ashok Vandal in this intricate world of sword wielders, magic, mystery and maybe some science? Ashok Vadal is back in play after escaping. I did not really like him being imprisoned but the story Correia weaved together after his escape, that I really liked.
Not only was it a nice adventure in itself but it really advanced the story in terms of how the world came to be as it is now in the book, the mystery of the black metal and so on and so forth. I quite like the direction the story is taking here.
Of course there is the usual action parts and, again as usual, Correia excels when writing those.
There are, unfortunately, also quite a lot of parts with dialogues involving the conspiracies and machinations which I felt was less enjoyable. Sure, they are excellently written but they were just not my favorite parts. There were times, when reading, that I felt there was too much of this and not enough of Ashok Vandal.
Still, Larry Correia is a excellent author and his books are not really comparable to a lot of the books, the majority really, that I have read. So when I say there was too much of this and not enough of that, it is really me being greedy and saying there was too much four star material and not enough five star material in the book.
So although, for me personally, this book fell half a star short of five stars, mostly for the reason I outlined in the previous paragraphs, which is more due to personal taste really than any fault of the author, I am really looking forward to the next book. I am dying to see where the story goes and really hope that we will get more revelations about the black metal and the ancestors.
brents's review
5.0
I think this book is my favorite in the series. There's probably not much I can say without spoilers, but this book takes everything the previous books do well and adds to it. The combat and action are absolutely top tier. I think this volume improved on the character work as well. But what I really loved is how he added to the worldbuilding and magical elements in the story. I can't go in to specifics, but this book does something that I absolutely love in books that mixes and mashes up genres in a way that kind of blew my mind. Also I loved Ashok's journey here even though he is separated from the rest of the main cast for most of the book. It opened up the overall world in a satisfying way.
Bottom line I think everything improved here, and as it goes towards the conclusion this series is moving in all the directions that I wanted. I'm a big fan and this series is wildly under read in the fantasy community.
Bottom line I think everything improved here, and as it goes towards the conclusion this series is moving in all the directions that I wanted. I'm a big fan and this series is wildly under read in the fantasy community.
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