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DiapDealer · 04-06-2012, 10:10 AM

I finished up Paul Kearney's Kings of Morning... which concludes the Macht Trilogy. I love Kearney's writing and I enjoyed this series—but this was probably my least favorite of the three (not that it wasn't a worthy read). It just seemed odd for him to be glossing over battle scenes like he did. Particularly the battle that could arguably be considered the most important in the entire series (the fictional equivalent of Alexander's Battle of Gaugamela). Detail is one of Kearney's strongest suits, and he seemed to go entirely "big picture" here for some puzzling reason. Plus, the book just seemed to start too late, climax too early, and all plots work out a little too quaintly for my tastes. Corvus was a great book, where this one was just OK for me. My biggest complaint was...

!!Big, big spoiler!!

Spoiler:

I'm starting The Waters of Eternity... a collection of short stories starring scholar Dabir ibn Khalil and swordsman Asim el Abbas by Howard Andrew Jones. Jones is a Harold Lamb scholar and fan, and these short stories are very reminiscent of Lamb's exotic adventures (especially those starring Abdul Dost) and R.E. Howard's Sword and Sorcery style.

04-06-2012, 10:10 AM	#12833
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,761 Karma: 206758686 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	I finished up Paul Kearney's Kings of Morning... which concludes the Macht Trilogy. I love Kearney's writing and I enjoyed this series—but this was probably my least favorite of the three (not that it wasn't a worthy read). It just seemed odd for him to be glossing over battle scenes like he did. Particularly the battle that could arguably be considered the most important in the entire series (the fictional equivalent of Alexander's Battle of Gaugamela). Detail is one of Kearney's strongest suits, and he seemed to go entirely "big picture" here for some puzzling reason. Plus, the book just seemed to start too late, climax too early, and all plots work out a little too quaintly for my tastes. Corvus was a great book, where this one was just OK for me. My biggest complaint was... !!Big, big spoiler!! Spoiler: not having Rictus of Isca die with a drepana in his hand and the Paean on his lips. That's a grave injustice to a great character if you ask me. I'm starting The Waters of Eternity... a collection of short stories starring scholar Dabir ibn Khalil and swordsman Asim el Abbas by Howard Andrew Jones. Jones is a Harold Lamb scholar and fan, and these short stories are very reminiscent of Lamb's exotic adventures (especially those starring Abdul Dost) and R.E. Howard's Sword and Sorcery style. Last edited by DiapDealer; 04-06-2012 at 10:44 AM.