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Title: October's Baby
Title: October's Baby
Series:
The Dread Empire: A Cruel Wind #2
Author:
Glen Cook
Rating:
3 of 5 Stars
Genre:
SFF
Pages:
247
Format:
Digital Edition
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Synopsis: |
Ragnarson, the mercenary leader from the previous book, gets pulled back into leading a campaign for
a
queen who's kingdom is falling apart after her husband's death. Part
of the problem is that it is suspected that her heir is actually a
changeling switched at birth. Another issue is that the Dread Empire
is working behind the scenes, this time with the faces of the
children of the sorcerers from the first book. Nothing like daddy
issues to get folks riled up.
In the
end, there is huge battle, magic gets negated for the duration of the
battle, both sorcerous children are either slain or depleted of power
and the heirs of the kingdom under dispute are poisoned by a
mysterious character. Yep, the book ends with kids dying from poison.
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My Thoughts:
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I was just confused for most of this book. A lot of names get thrown around, a lot of places mentioned, MANY battles are referenced and not a one could I remember from the previous book. It felt like this was referencing previous books that I had not read, but I believe I am reading these in publication order. So either Cook has the idea for prequels or he's just throwing stuff at the reader “because”.
Outside of that, I was still confused.
Shifts of perspective and time, while clearly outlined at the
beginning of each chapter, sometimes covered years and might only be
a couple of pages. While 2 days might take up 10 pages. I just kind
of held on and got the gist of the story.
Sorcerers, politics, big battle. Kids
dying. That part just weirded me out. Neither of the heirs were
actually the king's, but while we know about the changeling, I don't
believe we ever know who fathered the heir actual. So why the heir
actual had to die, I have no idea.
Not a bad read, but I felt like I was
constantly in a mudhole fighting to get to firm ground and then
sliding back into the pit.
★★★☆☆
- A Shadow of All Night Falling (Book 1)
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