Review: 4.5 stars - nice to see some old familiar faces amidst Murphy's Old Races Origins shorts
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 14, 2012
A collection of stories about the Old Races of CE Murphy's Negotiator series - and with a few familiar faces here and there, I was happy to see a bit more of my old favorites. I was happy to have found this collection of shorts - and to hear that there are more in the worked, because I really enjoyed this series and had alway hoped the Murphy would pick it up again.My favorite of the stories, Falling, was about Gargoyle Biali, before he was enforcer to the Dragonlord Janx. I liked how the bitter and rough gargoyle falls for a strong and perceptive human woman.I also enjoyed bits of Alban, in Legacy, as he breaks one of the key rules of the Old Races and gains a home and protects the sons memory of his dying father.Saint George & the Dragon, was pretty good it stars a young Janx and has an interesting twist.The other two stories, The Death of Him, a selkie story, and Saltwalter Stains the Sand, a Djinn story, were okay.