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Scourge Of The Betrayer (2012)

by Jeff Salyards(Favorite Author)

3.58 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1597804061 (ISBN13: 9781597804066)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Night Shade Books

series

Bloodsounder's Arc

review 1: This is a great novel, and it is perfect for fans of military fantasy. The pace of the novel is rather slow, as the author gives every detail of the narrator's experience. The most exciting parts of the novel for me were definitely the battle scenes, but the entire book exudes a sense of realism that is often hard to find in the fantasy genre. As for tone, I found the novel to be a cross between Joe Abercrombie and Glen Cook's novels. This is definitely a unique dark fantasy, and I am looking forward to reading the next book in the series as soon as possible.
review 2: Am I being converted?? Raised on Heinlein, Clarke and Asimov and defaulting to Scalzi, Sawyer and Niven nowadays, I rarely read fantasy. Scourge of the Betrayer is the second fantasy book I'v... moree read in the past few months (see my review of Blake Hausladen's Native Silver) and, as with that book, I enjoyed the reading immensely. Differently structured than many fantasies with a narrator who learns what is going on as the story unfolds rather than having a known quest, Scourge of the Betrayer begins with a mystery and, while following a convoluted path of politics, small, bloody battles and treachery, unfolds in a very compelling way. Salyard creates characters and a milieu that intrigues and while the ending leaves questions unanswered the effect of this is anticipation for the just released second book of the planned trilogy. The next book may just complete the conversion! less

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