Instrumentalities of the Night: The Tyranny of the Night (Series #01) (Paperback)

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3.5 Wish it had a map and had been edited a bit better but pretty much what I was expecting and always ALWAYS here for alt-history-esque fantasy novels.

from faganjc

So many place names, religions, heresies... I am going to finish this book, but I have not even begun to grasp what's going on. If you like big guys, armies, fighting, and warfare, this book is for you. Maybe not so much for me. Impressive lead character with psychological insights into what make...

from TadAD

The start of a new series. I'm somewhat reluctant to rate a series where the story spans all the volumes until they're done...Robert Jordan has completely scarred me in that regard. So far, however, it is enjoyable, though it took me a bit to get all the names straight.

from Jarandel

Mixed bag. I like the general tone and the main POV character Else Tage but don't care so much for the other two. The setting is alright, not deeply original but drawn from an era that had an ample fill of "almost larger than reality" characters and events (alternative Europe in the time of the C...

from ragwaine

Wow, Glen Cook, what happened? I loved the Black Company books so I was happy to finally get around to this. I made it about 32 pages in before I gave up on these bizarre ramblings. It was like reading a history text book written by some scholarly grad student for his final thesis. It was name af...