The Dark Defiles

This was an OK ending to Richard Morgan's A Land Fit for Heroes trilogy. The pacing could have been better but the story itself was good and, importantly, the wrap up was well done. This was a satisfying way to finish what has been a pretty good dark fantasy series. Morgan always got the balance rig......more

*** 3.44 *** I hate giving less than 4 stars to a book with a very interesting premise and fascinating world. However, as much as I was hoping for an amazing end to the trilogy, it just didn't happen... And the worst part about it is that the ideas behind the ending were really, really good, but the......more

If you made it this far, you probably like the tale and its hyperbolic elements. This last installment is not going to disappoint: the action is still very explicit, the story is a triumph of cynicism and excess, the character development reaches its apex and the author builds great tension across a......more

started this and seemed a bit "interesting dialogue but who cares" and I started reading forward and then the ending which is really, really powerful so I went back to read it end to end; has some great stuff so far, though it is really dark no question about it I finished Dark Defiles and on first r......more

E una volta in moto, nessuno di noi ritrova davvero pace finché si vive. L’unica cosa davvero importante è muoversi bene finché si può, e tornare a riposare solo quando non resta altro da fare. Leggere, dopo una lunga attesa, il capitolo conclusivo di questa saga strabiliante è stata una delle gioie......more