Book Review: Thraxas, by Martin Scott

I’m not sure which is cheesier — the classic covers or the self-published chainmail-bikini — but they both suit the series!

I can’t recall who recommended Thraxas to me, but the interest overlap was obvious: private detective in a fantasy world with a nod to Roman culture. I put it high on my TBR.

What to Expect

As it says on the cover, a hard-boiled-style story of a down-on-his-luck, drunken private investigator with magical education and chequered past. As in most such tal...