Review: good but lacking
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 4, 2013
A prequel novella/short story to set up the author's full-length novels. This does stand alone and can be read independently. However, there's not a lot of story here. A dying warrior sings the praises of his calling while telling his life story to a chronicler.[SPOILER ALERT]But all the important bits are left out. We get character but not development, plot with talking but no real events, telling after the fact without actual battle scenes, and therefore very little suspense.[END SPOILERS]The writing is solid and the book's quality level is high, e.g., spelling that had reference to a dictionary, grammar that doesn't wander, proofreading with competence, and formatting that works. It's just the editing and plotline construction/character development that left me wanting. Three stars and the author's books definitely deserve a look.