An interesting blend of time-travel and epic fantasy. Surely one of the best fantasy works I’ve read recently and most plot threads were tied up neatly and the ending was beautifully done.
Now I’m looking forward to Islington’s next book.
March 1, 2020 – Started Reading
March 10, 2020 – Finished Reading
The second book in the Licanius Trilogy was as good as the first one. For a few chapters mid-book, I was wondering if I was still reading the first one. I had forgotten that I was in the second book. Kudos for making it immersive.
February 23, 2020 – Started Reading
March 1, 2020 – Finished Reading
Like Umberto Ecos’ Baudolino, Parker’s unnamed narrator is an unique character who’s both the hero and the villain of this novella. When he says, “I have an idea you aren’t going to like me very much.”, it is absolutely correct. But he turns out to be a lovable rogue like so many of Parker’s other characters in other works.
I absolutely loved the ending which was completely out of the blue but a typical KJ Parker ending.