I'm very sorry if the title may provoke, but it's exactly what I thought while reading the Night Angel Trilogy by mentioned author. He has a very interesting imagination, one that sometimes is very close to mine (A black stuff that can adapt to the bearers wishes? An old master training a young fellow? Magic that uses some form of energy and has to be replenished after use? Magical energy that can be stored somewhere for other magicians to use? Get out of my head! (but not really)).
Don't get me started on the characters. A prophet who's losing his
mind because of his ability, a dangerous organization that has more
power than the king actually has, with a leader no one knows about...
it's too much to spoil it all before you read it.
Seriously, read
it if you're even slightly into fantasy. Magic, but not too much,
fighting, assassins (even if it's wrong to call them that) that
(depending on their preferences) leave pools of blood or no trace at all
("That's why assassins have targets. Wetboys have deaders. Why do we call
them deaders? Because when we take a contract, the rest of their short
lives is a formality." - Durzo Blint), a hated king and a loved successor, a Godking, a godess, conspiracies, magical artifacts some forgot they existed, Night Angels and more to keep you reading to the last letter.
I must say I read it all and absorbed a bit of his ideas (like it happens with most stuff I read) and I'm very glad he left out a part that I would've made important if I would write a similar story: spirituality.
You know what's even better? The writer still lives and still is writing. There may pop up some more books that I'll devour with a lot of joy...
Enjoy reading!
-ThOR
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