Review: An Entertaining Continuation to the Series
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 9, 2014
A few days back I read the first in the Legendary Detective series and so when I had the free time I purchased a copy of "Legendary Detective in the City of Kings". Just like in the first collection of stories featuring the inquisitive hero known as Kirin, this round of stories captures that same spark and builds upon it in a fantastical style. Kaye Wagner has a gift for writing that leaves you on the edge of your seat, wrapped up in the adventurous and dangerous mysteries Kirin manages to get himself caught up... where the city around him seems to be both in need of help and a constant threat to him in equal turns.The superbly written novel has four individual stories within it and just like in the first book in the series they are each separate from each other, but help to create a larger story and sense of world-building that sucks you into this eerie dystopian world. The stories are fast-paced and well plotted, keeping you entertained and eager to keep reading as Kirin gets swept up in a real life version of chess where the players are constantly in motion and where he must keep his wits about him if he's going to survive.Overall, this is a wonderfully imagination continuation to the science fiction series and was well worth the read. I'm eager to see what else Ms. Wagner comes out with next because her writing so far has been wondrously entertaining.