Title: The Painted Man
Author: Peter V Brett
Publisher: Harper Voyager
This made the commute fly. For the first time in a long time, I was tempted to remain on the train all the way to the end of the line, just so I had the chance to finish this book.
Imagine a world where demons (corelings) are real. Where corelings come to life every night. And the only way to protect yourself is by drawing the correct runes. Houses are surrounded by painted runes. Travellers sleeping alongside the road lay out enclosures covered in runes.
We follow our main characters as they grow and the experiences that shape and mould them into young adulthood. From the death of our heroes mother to the spite and neglect of our heroines step mother (why is it always the stepmother), along the path of development, to their eventual meeting.
The author has given us two fully rounded characters, a cracking read, that builds and builds, and then...... ends. When I first got to the end I felt betrayed, but upon re-reading the cover (after a few choice words) suddenly realised that this is the first book in a trilogy. Alright then ...... bring on two and three.
Wednesday 7 September 2011
Tuesday 6 September 2011
Absorption - John Meaney
Title: Absorption (Ragnarok volume one)
Author: John Meaney
Publisher: Gollancz
If you like a bit of fantasy wrapped in some hard sci-fi then this is for you. What better than a bit of Norse mythology (Ragnarok), heroes seperated in time and space and some definate hard sci-fi concepts to get the story going.
This is the first part of the Ragnarok series and I got the bug. I'll be on the hunt for more as they come my way.
Several heroes are brought out in the book and their characters fleshed out individually, some more than others. They all see the 'black shadow clouds' around some people while no-one else can, and it becomes apparent as the book progresses that the heroes will at some stage be brought together to perform certain deeds. This never quite happens in the first installment, but the story is enough in itsself to introduce you to everyone and some depth and background the the intended universe that will stage the rest of this story.
There are some fairlt radical ideas, not new I hasten to add, but the way the author has drawn them here makes you sit up and take notice.
Like Arnie once said "I'll be back!"
Author: John Meaney
Publisher: Gollancz
If you like a bit of fantasy wrapped in some hard sci-fi then this is for you. What better than a bit of Norse mythology (Ragnarok), heroes seperated in time and space and some definate hard sci-fi concepts to get the story going.
This is the first part of the Ragnarok series and I got the bug. I'll be on the hunt for more as they come my way.
Several heroes are brought out in the book and their characters fleshed out individually, some more than others. They all see the 'black shadow clouds' around some people while no-one else can, and it becomes apparent as the book progresses that the heroes will at some stage be brought together to perform certain deeds. This never quite happens in the first installment, but the story is enough in itsself to introduce you to everyone and some depth and background the the intended universe that will stage the rest of this story.
There are some fairlt radical ideas, not new I hasten to add, but the way the author has drawn them here makes you sit up and take notice.
Like Arnie once said "I'll be back!"
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