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Salvatore’s The Halflings Gem, especially give Pehov’s sense of action which as akin to Salvatore’s.Ĭontinue reading “Review: Shadow Prowler by Alexy Pehov” →ĭespite the praised heaped upon Little Brother upon its initial release I let it slip under my radar and off of my “to be read” stack. Shadow Prowler reminded me most strongly of when I first read R.

#Tor books meaninf series#

The jacket copy cites similarity to Moorcock’s Elric series which, while I haven’t read it yet (a travesty, I kn0w) hits a bit closer to the mark in placing Shadow Prowler closer to the sword and sorcery line of the fantasy world. Of course saying bears similarity to Tolkien’s work is kind of like saying water is wet.

Even Booklist’s review cites similarities to Tolkien’s work. While the jacket copy for Shadow Prowler, with its mention of the Unnamed One, and an elf princess, as well as it’s quest based nature appears to be a very traditional epic fantasy. Joined by a motley cast of characters he sets off on a quest that will save the world and, perhaps more importantly to our hero, make him a very rich man. In Shadow Prowler, the first in a famed Russian fantasy series, the Master Thief Shadow Harold is tasked to find a means to stop the seemingly inexorable advance of the Unnamed One. It is a strange combination that plays both to the novel’s strengths and its weaknesses.Ĭontinue reading “Review: City of Ruin by Mark C. Newton” →Īlexy Pehov, translated by Andrew Bromfield Much like the previous book in the Legends of the Red Sun, Nights of Villjamur, City of Ruin is a fascinating mix of fantasy, science fiction, and straight up detective fiction. Elsewhere Randur, Eir, and Rikka flee the forces of the Empire and run headlong into revelations that will rewrite everything they think they know about their world.

As if things weren’t bad enough some thing stalks the people of Villiren and it is up to the hardworking inspector Jerryd, now relocated to Villiren after his unfortunate discoveries in Villjamur, to track down whatever is hiding in the shadows of the disreputable city. Dispatched to the crumbling city of Villiren Commander Brynd, the albino leader of the elite Night Guard, must unite the Jamur military with the desperate, destitute, and shady citizens of the titular City of Ruins in order to stave off the coming invasion. The ice age that loomed over Nights of Villjamur has begun and with it a new, and unprecedented threat has arrived at the empire’s edges.