Daughters of War
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France, 1944. Deep in the river valley of the Dordogne, in an old stone cottage on the edge of...
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David McK (3496 KP) rated The Loki Sword (Fireborn #3) in Books
Sep 18, 2022
I don't know why that is; it's just one of those things.
However, I'll still read these novels, just not be in as much of a rush to do so as with the others.
This is the third in his FireBorn series (after both The Last Berserker: An action-packed Viking adventure and The Saxon Wolf: A Viking epic of berserkers and battle) and is also, for my money, the best of those three novels. That may be because of the nature of this - a band of travellers setting out on a quest, leading to a battle and a return home, with the author himself admitting the influence of the works of JRR Tolkien on this particular entry.
The Loki Sword (Fireborn #3)
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An ancient blade, fit for the gods but tainted with a deadly curse. Bjarki Bloodhand has finally...
I loved the characters: Kissen, a Godkiller who loves her job; a girl with a couple of rather large secrets, one of which is Skediceth, a small god who is tied to her. Which is something of a conundrum for Kissen. If she kills the little god of white lies, will she kill the child as well? And then there’s Elogast, a Knight turned baker, who has to ask one last favour from a god for his best friend. Why the god would do anything for him is a mystery - after all, Elogast killed many gods and destroyed their shrines during the God Wars.
The world building in this is epic, the pacing is perfect, and it’s just an overall exciting, thrilling ride of a story.
I need more asap!
David McK (3496 KP) rated Dune: The Graphic Novel, part 1 in Books
Mar 6, 2022
My only frame of reference is the 2021 movie.
Oh, I knew the basics prior to that: Spice, the giant worms, space politics, but beyond that ... ?
Released in the wake of that movie, this is - apparently (or so the authors say) - a straight visual retelling (as much as is possible) of Frank Herbert 1965 epic, rather than putting their own stamp on it.
Never having read that original, I'm in no position to say whether it is or not.
What I will say, however (if it is) then so is the 2021 movie, although there are distinct visual differences between the two mediums.
This also ends in a different place, slightly earlier than the movie, with Paul and Jessica alone in the desert and before their run-in with the Fremen.
So, yes, engaging if dragging slightly in parts and well set-up for the release of Part 2 in Autumn 2022 ...
The Mark of the Salamander (The Island of Angels, #1)
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1575: Nelan Michaels is a young Flemish man fleeing religious persecution in the Spanish...
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Rebellion (Eagles of the Empire #22)
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1st-century Britannia is the setting for an epic and action-packed novel of tribal uprisings,...
Blood of the Bear (Fire Born volume 5)
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Battle calls the berserker once again... AD 781. Pagan Saxony groans under the Christian yoke. The...
The Spire
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Rival powers make their move and Caldera descends into chaos. As civil war looms, the real threat...
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