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Brayan's Gold & Great Bazaar novels:
These short stories filled a little bit of the gaps in the first book. I would prefer a proper book instead of short stories though. The depiction of the desert state is quite bad, picking up the most obvious and worst stereotypes of Arabs and Islam. Hopefully it won't play big part in the other parts of the series.
— Aug 02, 2025 01:34AM
These short stories filled a little bit of the gaps in the first book. I would prefer a proper book instead of short stories though. The depiction of the desert state is quite bad, picking up the most obvious and worst stereotypes of Arabs and Islam. Hopefully it won't play big part in the other parts of the series.
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Heikki
is 95% done
The Core: Last part was not the worst but at this point I just don't care anymore. I'm just glad it's finally over. There is one more short novel that seems fairly uninteresting after the main story is finished.
— Nov 11, 2025 09:45AM
Heikki
is 85% done
The Skull Throne:
More of the same. At this point I'd have to say I don't recommend taking on this series of books. Towards the end they killed off some main characters leaving the leftovers even less interesting than before. The main storyline was nice but very little of the book was dedicated to it.
— Oct 02, 2025 04:41PM
More of the same. At this point I'd have to say I don't recommend taking on this series of books. Towards the end they killed off some main characters leaving the leftovers even less interesting than before. The main storyline was nice but very little of the book was dedicated to it.
Heikki
is 65% done
Messenger’s Legacy:
Another sideshow short story about a character in following books. Nothing too interesting.
— Sep 06, 2025 06:49PM
Another sideshow short story about a character in following books. Nothing too interesting.
Heikki
is 60% done
Daylight War:
This series just keeps going downhill. This book introduced more uninteresting flashbacks in the arab stereotype world that is weak in itself. The romance drama makes you cringe and the erotica that was introduced definitely does not induce "stiffening in the pantaloons", like the writer might say. The final moments of the book were OKish and there is hope that the series will take a turn for better.
— Sep 04, 2025 05:13PM
This series just keeps going downhill. This book introduced more uninteresting flashbacks in the arab stereotype world that is weak in itself. The romance drama makes you cringe and the erotica that was introduced definitely does not induce "stiffening in the pantaloons", like the writer might say. The final moments of the book were OKish and there is hope that the series will take a turn for better.
Heikki
is 35% done
The Desert Spear:
The book had good parts but big part of it was redundant - where the plot is heading was revealed in the end of the first part. The desert nation is boring and the rape and incest parts unnecessary. Probably writer was going for more Game of Thronesy storytelling but it did not fit well in these books.
— Aug 13, 2025 04:44PM
The book had good parts but big part of it was redundant - where the plot is heading was revealed in the end of the first part. The desert nation is boring and the rape and incest parts unnecessary. Probably writer was going for more Game of Thronesy storytelling but it did not fit well in these books.
