The Faraway Paladin: Volume 2
The Archer of Beast Woods

Where the first Paladin title was about growing to just try and become something more admirable than a Hikkikimori loser the man was in his previous life, this title is about William G Maryblood learning just how powerful he is. Will will be meeting some other adventurers on this journey, some big a......more

Picked this up immediately after I finished volume 1. Continues almost immediately where vol 1 left off, and shows more of the world. How things have changed from what was told to Will. Each character introduced is quickly fleshed out, and there are 3 major events that occur. The climax wasn't as bi......more

Will has left the ruined city where he grew up in search of the wider world. He has no idea how civilization has changed in the 200 years since his undead caretakers last knew it. No idea how to interact with society in general, since his only companions for the first fifteen years of his life were......more

Mildly, but happily, surprised at the continuing quality. The Faraway Paladin continues to be good. And, as I said in my review of the previous book, not "good for a light novel," but just good, period. I'm glad I've come across it, and I hope it gains more fans, as it deserves them. In this volume, t......more

This volume is a bit of a comedown from the previous installment (and the author himself acknowledges this in his afterword). When I saw the subtitle and cover for this book, I was expecting it to take place somewhere like Lothlorien, but instead it turns out to be a standard fantasy setting. The au......more