Status Updates From Corvus (The Macht, #2)

And now the sorrow begins.

Kearney, as he demonstrated a dozen years ago in my own WRITING FANTASY HEROES, is a master at writing armies and large scale movements and battles. To boot, he also completely puts me in the setting - I shiver in the winter winds and rainy muck with his characters. And his characters hold many features, thoughts, experiences I can connect with.

A fierce and terrible good thing was done, and it shattered friendships but saved hearts. Curiosity is definitely aroused.

Picking up now, got some good vibes off Corvus and company. Let's go to war!

Slow start. Stories that begin with warriors trying to hang up their warrior-ing are always ponderous, trying hard to be meaningful.

Corvus, you force a man into your services but fail to protect the man's family.

Well, if Corvus is a military genius, shouldn't he have foreseen and assembled men to guard the welfare of Rictus' family? This irks me greatly.

I'll be going in with you...

What a war speech!