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Anthony Ryan: Tower Lord (2014)

608 pages

English language

Published Sept. 10, 2014

ISBN:
978-0-425-26562-8
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OCLC Number:
881685556

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4 stars (18 reviews)

"In Blood Song, Anthony Ryan introduced readers to "a fascinating world of conflicting religions and the wars fought in the name of those faiths" (Library Journal). Now Ryan's epic tale continues as Vaelin Al Sorna discovers that there is no escape from the call of destiny -- "The blood-song rose with an unexpected tune, a warm hum mingling recognition with an impression of safety. He had a sense it was welcoming him home." Vaelin Al Sorna, warrior of the Sixth Order, called Darkblade, called Hope Killer. The greatest warrior of his day, and witness to the greatest defeat of his nation: King Janus's vision of a Greater Unified Realm drowned in the blood of brave men fighting for a cause Vaelin alone knows was forged from a lie. Sick at heart, he comes home, determined to kill no more. Named Tower Lord of the Northern Reaches by King Janus's grateful …

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reviewed Tower Lord by Anthony Ryan (Raven's Shadow -- Book II)

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4 stars

I enjoyed this sequel to Blood Song very much. However I should have re-read Blood Song before reading this book. While the story was still compelling I found that I had forgotten many of the intricate character interactions from the first book and kept trying to remember all the details and so I probably missed out on some of the finer points that this book made.

I really enjoyed the not-quite-linear telling of the story through Vernier's account once more. It took a while to connect the dots which made it even better.

I enjoyed reading about Reva. She's quite an interesting character.

All in all however I found that most of the main characters had it a little easy. Maybe I've been spoiled by ASoIaF in that regard, after all there Lyrna had quite an adventure throughout the book.

There are very few explanations in this book regarding the …

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Subjects

  • Warriors
  • Kings and rulers
  • Fiction