Julie’s Reviews > The Folding Knife > Status Update

One of my favorites of K. J. Parker. Ironically since there's not much action. But I love that the beginning tells you how the story ends and then we go back and see how everything unfolds. How a great man, in some ways, rises to power but one small mistake costs him everything in the end. I love it because it reminds me of Greek tragedies like Oedipus where it's about the hubris of man and how it leads to a fall