His Conquering Sword

The series continues to go in the right direction for me. In this part, choices both personal and political begin to have consequences, and the point of view characters mostly come across as both interesting and sympathetic, even when they're deeply flawed and do seriously objectionable things. That......more

Our heroes continue sowing wanton destruction, death and suffering wherever they go. But hey, at least they don't rape, and there is some potential for a dubious greater good to come out if it, so it's the other side who are uncivilized, right? Right?! And occasionally some of the main cast feel sad......more

I would give this an extra half star if the facility were available. It's a decent book. Like its prequel, it has lots of characters to follow, which lessens it overall for me, though some might enjoy this ensemble approach. It gives a good conclusion to the prequel, but i still don't know why they w......more

I thought I read this when I was 20 but even though the setting was the same as I remembered, the plot was completely different so who knows! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ This book wraps up the story that begins in the previous book in the series, although there's still plenty to explore in the world. Most of this ser......more

This continued and concluded the story from the second book well. The ending trailed off with a lot waiting to be told, but it felt like a more intentional conclusion than the previous book. Even moreso than the other two, this one left me wanting to keep reading: at this point I'm so invested in so......more