Jason Waltz’s Reviews > Tales of the Rigante: Sword in the storm / Midnight falcon > Status Update

Gemmell's Morrigu description of man resonates so strongly today, my soul ached when I read it: "[Y]our minds are small and filled with pettiness. You make everything small to match your own lack of understanding." That last just rocks me with its spot-on-ed-ness of so many mortals today, from those I personally know to those I know of to those I know not at all. it is a sorrowful truth.

The explanation by the Morrigu regarding the dearth and decay of spirit as the cause for the slow, painful death of the earth is astounding. Power-packed paragraphs here crystallize the reminiscence of Howard's take on the difference between barbarism and civilization that has shadowed much of the two novels in this omnibus. Stark contract between the freedom of one character versus the shallowness of another.

So I am in book 2 of the omnibus, MIDNIGHT FALCON. At first I was slightly disappointed to move on to the children of book 1 so quickly, it seemed the adults had more to accomplish. Gemmell has drawn me into this book slowly though, and I am liking the protagonist much more than I did at first. I am fearful though that something I would like to occur seems most likely to not, but I will hold out hope. Forward!