Alex Faure

Hm. I wasn't sure I'd like this, but I did, despite where it ends. It's very well written (with only one minor action fail, remarkable in a novel length work), but it ends amid a hard fight, the tale incomplete. All three books are out, however, so yay finding it late in the game.

I like the timeframe for Darius, our point of view character, to have his life upended and his view of the world permanently altered by the strange assassin who is more than he seems. I also like that Darius doesn't up and change everything on a whim, either. I liked the relatively short chapters, and all the strangeness is intriguing, and I am of a mind with the whole colonizer challenge that Darius is forced to face in various ways. I will probably read the next book, so the author did their job.… (mais)