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This is the best book Salyards has written to date. No joke. In the interest of transparency, I have to confess I have a mad man-crush on the guy. In fact, some might accuse me of stalking him. Which is stupid to admit, I know--if someone ever took Salyards out, I'm sure I'd be a serious person of interest.
Anyway, the book is pretty good. Give it a look. ...more
Anyway, the book is pretty good. Give it a look. ...more
An unusual novel about a naive scribe and a band of fearsome soldiers led by a brutal and secretive Captain. Like Arki, I found myself drawn into this mysterious story and I was compelled to keep reading to discover the reason for their mission. I look forward to reading more about these characters and the world they inhabit.
Told by Arkamondos, a young and not-very-worldly scribe hired by Captain Braylar Killcoin, an older and not-very-nice officer leading an equally not-very-nice group of soldiers sent to -- well, that would be telling.
A compelling and surprisingly intimate story. The scribe-with-a-band-of-soldiers thing is reminiscent of Glen Cook's Black Company, obviously, but Salyards uses it to very different effect -- the focus is much tighter and the scale is much smaller. (Also, there's almost no magic to s ...more
A compelling and surprisingly intimate story. The scribe-with-a-band-of-soldiers thing is reminiscent of Glen Cook's Black Company, obviously, but Salyards uses it to very different effect -- the focus is much tighter and the scale is much smaller. (Also, there's almost no magic to s ...more
A group of mercenaries on a secret mission in hostile territory are required by their emperor to take with them an archivist who will record all their deeds. Sounds like an extract from a Black Company story by Glen Cook, and indeed it could be. Arki is not the first archivist to join the company and the other came to bad ends. Jeff Salyards paints a convincing picture of an outsider forced upon a group lead by Captain Braylar Killcoin who are comrades but not necessarily friends. Arki is no kin
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