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Hope's End (2013)

by Brian McClellan(Favorite Author)

3.98 of 5 Votes: 1

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English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Brian McClellan

review 1: Brian McClellan posted to r/fantasy on Reddit, for his Birthday he was giving away this novella free for the day. He only asked that you post a review. After downloading it to my mobile, I read and finished it within 15-20 minutes and liked it. Surprisly really liked it. I've had Promise of Blood, Brian's first novel, waiting to be read in the next few weeks. I'm glad I started on Hope's End as it is set before Promise of Blood. I enjoyed the introduction to characters and the dark moods of soldiers of war. Just the right amount of fantasy has been added to this story. What I loved most was that I didn't have to know anything else about this world Brian has created to enjoy this story. I highly recommend if you have a interest in Brian McClellan and fantasy. Side note; Bri... morean is active on Reddit in r/fantasy. I really like seeing new authors engage and share with their readers.
review 2: Hope's End is a fantastic little story. The book follows Captain Verundish, a young officer and a mother. She has a very big problem. Her loveless marriage is crumbling. Ordinarily this would not be a problem. They'd just get a divorce. Unfortunately, in their case the church won't grant a divorce. The husband decides to take matters into his own hands. Unless Verundish kills herself in three months time he will sell her daughter (not from him presumably) to slavers. Verundish is left with a terrible choice: kill herself or condemn her daughter to a fate worse than death.Verundish sees a solution in leading a desperate charge into a besieged city. She will lead the Forlorn Hope. She will be the first woman over the walls. And she will probably be fried by Privaledged magic as soon as the assault begins. This will be an honorable death. One that frees her daughter and yet does not taint her legacy. It is a truly selfless act that I think only a parent can imagine willingly embracing. Verundish goes willingly to her death. Her only problem is that sometimes the desperate assault works. I was impressed that such a short little story could leave such an impact on me. Verundish's choice is awful. It is terrible. But I was hooked from the very beginning. I wasn't putting this book down until i was done. I cared deeply for a character that I hadn't even known about only moments before I started the book. I highly recommend this little book. Great writing. Lots of action. Human emotions. Awesome. To be fair, I wonder if I would feel the same way if I had not already been introduced to the Powder Mage world. Would I feel the same way if this had been the first of Brian McClellan's books that I had read? I think I probably would. Five stars. less

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