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A review by mwplante
The Great Bazaar and Other Stories by Peter V. Brett
3.0
I would say there was less to this story than the other Demon Cycle short story, "Brayan's Gold", and for a while "The Great Bazaar" feels like nothing more than a cut section of The Warded Man. However, the ending throws a fun curveball or two which help the story achieve closure and stand on its own, ultimately putting the tale a little ahead of "Brayan's Gold" in my estimation.
Plus, "The Great Bazaar" gives us more Abban. I hadn't taken much notice of him in The Warded Man, but this story establishes him as an interesting character and I now look forward to seeing more of him in the coming books.
By the way, if you're a Demon Cycle fan and you're hitting up these sidestories to scratch some sort of completist itch, I would recommend visiting Peter V. Brett's "Peephole in my Skull" website. It has all the bonuses included in this ebook (other than The Great Bazaar itself), and much more, including a free short story from Arlen's childhood, many deleted scenes from The Warded Man, a couple cuttings from The Desert Spear, a lone excision from The Daylight War, and even a preview of The Skull Throne.
Plus, "The Great Bazaar" gives us more Abban. I hadn't taken much notice of him in The Warded Man, but this story establishes him as an interesting character and I now look forward to seeing more of him in the coming books.
By the way, if you're a Demon Cycle fan and you're hitting up these sidestories to scratch some sort of completist itch, I would recommend visiting Peter V. Brett's "Peephole in my Skull" website. It has all the bonuses included in this ebook (other than The Great Bazaar itself), and much more, including a free short story from Arlen's childhood, many deleted scenes from The Warded Man, a couple cuttings from The Desert Spear, a lone excision from The Daylight War, and even a preview of The Skull Throne.