Sebastian de Castell
Autor(a) de Traitor's Blade
About the Author
Séries
Obras por Sebastian de Castell
The Dowager Magus 12 exemplares
Firewood 7 exemplares
Greatcoats book traitor's blade, knight's shadow, saint's blood 3 books collection set (2018) 4 exemplares
The Red Lily 3 exemplares
Greatcoats Series 4 Books Collection Set By Sebastien de Castell (Traitor's Blade, Knight's Shadow, Saint's Blood,… (2020) 1 exemplar
The Greatcoats Series 4 Books Collection Set by Sebastien de Castell - Traitors Blade, Knights Shadow, Saints Blood,… (2020) 1 exemplar
The Malevolent Seven: "Terry Pratchett meets Deadpool" in this darkly funny fantasy by the author of Traitor's… (2024) 1 exemplar
Our Lady of Blades 1 exemplar
CrownBreaker Volume 6 1 exemplar
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Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- de Castell, Sebastian
- Data de nascimento
- c. 1970
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Canada
- Local de nascimento
- Pointe Claire, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Locais de residência
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Netherlands - Ocupações
- musician
ombudsman
fight choreographer
teacher
project manager
actor - Agente
- Adams, Heather (HMA Literary Agency)
Fatal error: Call to undefined function isLitsy() in /var/www/html/inc_magicDB.php on line 425- Sebastien de Castell had just finished a degree in Archaeology when he started work on his first dig. Four hours later he realized how much he actually hated archaeology and left to pursue a very focused career as a musician, ombudsman, interaction designer, fight choreographer, teacher, project manager, actor, and product strategist. His only defence against the charge of unbridled dilettantism is that he genuinely likes doing these things and that, in one way or another, each of these fields plays a role in his writing. He sternly resists the accusation of being a Renaissance Man in the hopes that more people will label him that way.
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Knight's Shadow: The Greatcoats Book 2 por Sebastien De Castell
Okay, though suffers from the same issues as the first book - nothing makes sense and everything keeps happening immediately. In this book, lots of much crazier stuff happens continuously, with relatively little thought given to any of the narrative actually making sense. It's compelling in the sense that you want to know what happens next, even if you're not sure why and you're 100% sure it's not actually an enriching read.
This book tries to be one of those books that you don’t take too seriously, with many invocations of a grand plot but no actual macro story that the main story fits into. As a result it came off as a bit too overdone, and a lot of the overly rapid plot transitions came quite literally out of thin air (including a fair bit of completely unexplained magic). Maybe I’ll read the second one, but I would really recommend the series.
Same problems as the other books. Heavy handed characters, limited depth, pace too fast. But the plot was interesting and some of the ideas were interesting enough to drive the story and to make it a fun read.
Cade is a magical mercenary with a mysterious past and a surprising amount of conscience for his chosen career. Don't mistake him for the good guy, though. It's hard to keep both your morals and life in a world that is being fought over by two opposing forces, one openly evil and one pretending to be good.
Let's talk about world-building first. In the beginning, there is a lot to grasp as we are bombarded with the workings of the magic system and the structure of the world. In short, the wizards of this world are able to connect to one other plane of existence and bring forth part of that plane's reality. Two of these planes belong to this world's spin on angels and demons, who are in a fight with each other, as usual, and humans are their soldiers.
Sebastien de Castell manages to mix familiar concepts with enough originality to pull out something that feels fresh.
Our main character is our guide throughout the world. I don't always enjoy the main character that talks to the reader as it can come off a bit cringy, but this time it was handled well. The story is also infused with a substantial amount of comedy, if of a somewhat dark kind.
Cade is an interesting morally grey character. A guy that does what needs to be done despite his conscience. This is especially put to shine when the whole ragtag group of characters comes together, as there is a whole spectrum of moralities in the group. Somehow they still manage to work together, if grudgingly. Needless to say that each character also has their own special ability to add to the mix.
The story was really interesting, but a bit chaotic. I love me some twists and turns but I also like to look back and see the signs and here there was very little that would be satisfying in retrospect. I know that some parts had to be done like that, so I don't blame the author for it. Although It did somewhat lower my enjoyment.
All in all, this book was a satisfying ride. The end settled the main storyline of this book, but there is definitely more left to tell, so I am pretty sure we are getting a sequel.
I received an ARC for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.… (mais)
Let's talk about world-building first. In the beginning, there is a lot to grasp as we are bombarded with the workings of the magic system and the structure of the world. In short, the wizards of this world are able to connect to one other plane of existence and bring forth part of that plane's reality. Two of these planes belong to this world's spin on angels and demons, who are in a fight with each other, as usual, and humans are their soldiers.
Sebastien de Castell manages to mix familiar concepts with enough originality to pull out something that feels fresh.
Our main character is our guide throughout the world. I don't always enjoy the main character that talks to the reader as it can come off a bit cringy, but this time it was handled well. The story is also infused with a substantial amount of comedy, if of a somewhat dark kind.
Cade is an interesting morally grey character. A guy that does what needs to be done despite his conscience. This is especially put to shine when the whole ragtag group of characters comes together, as there is a whole spectrum of moralities in the group. Somehow they still manage to work together, if grudgingly. Needless to say that each character also has their own special ability to add to the mix.
The story was really interesting, but a bit chaotic. I love me some twists and turns but I also like to look back and see the signs and here there was very little that would be satisfying in retrospect. I know that some parts had to be done like that, so I don't blame the author for it. Although It did somewhat lower my enjoyment.
All in all, this book was a satisfying ride. The end settled the main storyline of this book, but there is definitely more left to tell, so I am pretty sure we are getting a sequel.
I received an ARC for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.… (mais)
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- 3,721
- Popularidade
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- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Críticas
- 149
- ISBN
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