Shadow's Son [Dramatized Adaptation]

Originally reviewed at Bookwraiths. After reading and enjoying the first two novels of Jon Sprunk’s Book of the Black Earth, I discovered that he had already completed a previous series: the Shadow Saga trilogy. Naturally, I had to give this assassin tale a try. What I found in Shadow’s Son was a well......more

DNF 37 % You'd think that adult fantasy writers would actually give more thought to their strories and actually manage to write something the least bit interesting. It turns out the idea of assassins is far too awesomesauce to be reworked into something more interesting beyond itself. May contain sp......more

OK, this is going to be a bit tricky. Caim is the best(?) professional assassin in the city of Othir (which seems at times compounded of equal parts imperial Rome and Victorian London, as is entirely appropriate for the story). He gets sent on what he thinks is a bog-standard assassination of a corru......more

SHADOW'S SON by new author Jon Sprunk is written in a fast-paced, take-no-prisoners style that, at least to me, evokes a feeling that reminds me of the popular video game, "Assassin's Creed." Not a bad thing! Like the game, SHADOW'S SON is a thrill ride from page one and doesn't let up. The tale cent......more

Man merkt ihm das Debüt an, finde ich. Es gibt jede Menge Action, und das schöne, beinahe poetische Ende hat es für mich gerettet.......more