What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
Jonathan maberry fills the 560 pages of this tome with graphic violence, *, twists, and turns. The author manages to pull this off without losing the sprawling epicness a story of this magnitude promises.
The characters are fantastic, the set up is amazing, the world building is so freaking cool. The world building in this book is like no other that i’ve read! Mayberry is so descriptive with the locations and different cultures. Fantastic world buildin... Read More
Kagen is a wonderful dark fantasy adventure, melding the best parts of classic fantasy and lovecraftian horror. It has all of the elements that i adore in the genre, maybe even a dragon…shhh…that's between you and me. It is an epic fantasy like i’ve n... Read More
Kagen vale is the trusted and feared captain of the palace guard. He protects the royal children of gessleyn, 89th queen of the unbroken line. There are mentions of atrocities that happen during the takeover of the silver empire, but there is nothing ... Read More
The silver empire has been conquered by the left-in-the-dust nation of hakkia. The silver lands are quickly overrun, and the entire royal family is killed and burned as a sacrifice to the dark gods of the immortal gethon haklan, the hakkian witch-king... Read More
Highlights
Quality
As a captain and esteemed member of the royal guard he struggles with the after effects of his hangover but makes his way to th... Read More
Finding that one of my favorite authors had written one made me so happy
Of course with the end of book one there are still many questions to be answered and problems to be resolved
As kagen copes with the changing world and his building vengeance truths about magic and the old gods come to the forefront
Price
Kagen is such a unique mc who i am rooting for
Shipping
It was much closer to horror than i usually read but it was a fast paced page turner and i enjoyed it
Packaging/appearance
With his oath broken and the gods seemingly turning their backs on him in his time of need kagen becomes a wanderer working odd... Read More
Initial expectations before beginning the booki admit it
Competitiveness
Martin’s press and netgalley for an earc of this title
Martins griffin and netgalley for the chance to read and review an earc of kagen the damned
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That being said this book was amazing it was written in a way that the world felt real
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It features kagen vale the captain of the palace guard and protector of the royal children of the silver empire
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One night when he is offduty the entire imperial family is killed and the empire is in ruins throughout all of its nation states
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Kagen is a strong character with plenty of good qualities but also many flaws
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However he initially isn’t very likeable
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Kagen is not the only one that wants to kill the witchking
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Opinions are mine alone and are not biased in any way
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This review was originally posted at mystery and suspense magazine
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