Erebus Sequence: The Boy with the Porcelain Blade (Paperback)

from blodeuedd

Now what to call this one? Most of the action takes place in a castle, like 95% of the book (makes me think of Mervyn Peake). There is somewhat of a Gothic Darkness over the whole castles area. A king who no one sees and who seems to be immortal. People going missing and of course the Orfanos. Th...

from JohnFair

This is a dark book, Lucien and his fellow orfano are neither admired nor respected but they are feared by the nobles of Demesne and the peasants of Landfall alike. All that saves them from more than the fear of the nobles is the interest of the king as evidenced by his majordomo. As Lucien attem...

from passion4reading

**I am grateful for Nudge for supplying me with a free copy in exchange for a review. I was reading an uncorrected manuscript proof, so some parts of the review might not be applicable to the published book.** In the four Houses inhabiting the fortress of Demesne, Lucien de Fontein is the titular...