Dark witchcraft, terrifying supernatural creatures and powerful history are combined in the fantasy world created by writer Greg Keys from
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The first book in The Kingdom of Thorns and the Fantasy of Bones. Published by Del Rey Books in 2003, The Briar King welcomes fantasy readers into their familiar adventures, but not overly formulated.
It opens with a curse
The era of fantasy creation has entered the twenty-second century, when humans defeated Skasloi, a powerful and mysterious race that enslaved humans and allowed them to work through cruel labor and torture. Skasloi was defeated after many epic struggles from people outside the slavery society of Skasloi. Genia Dare, known as the Queen of Nature, led her warriors beyond the killing field of severe struggle and defeated Skasloi with the power of Pluto.
However, at the moment she won, Lord Skasloi declared under her heel that she cursed her heir with the power of Pluto. The day when the world rots and consumes humans will come. Genia Dare seldom cares about his predictions, because Skasloi is mean and conquering them is good.
Faded legends come to life
After an amazing opening of this important scene between Genia Dare and Skasloi, the novel has re-emerged for more than two thousand years in the future. The power of Pluto still exists in some places, but the curse of Skasloi has gradually disappeared. Case woven well the novels of folklore and songs and described the ancient forces that were about to plague the land. For example, Briar King is known as Baron Greenleaf in some areas, which is a good touch, increasing the depth of the story, as regional differences between myths and legends usually occur.
In the vast kings forest, the first troubles appeared. The forest was originally placed as a reserve for the wild rose king, if his forest was violated by human infringement - this has happened - he will awaken and smash humans and reshape the world.
In this forest, Aspar White is a rude and reliable character, the guardian of this land, and enforces the laws of King William Dare. When Aspar began investigating the mysterious murders of some forest squatters, he thought it would be a routine task. But then he discovered the terrible will of human sacrifice and met a beast called Greven. Its image is poison, and even those who are killed by Greven can kill a person.
At the same time, as the supernatural horror was brewing in the King's Forest, several conspirators planned the great dynasty led by King William. His younger brother, Prince Robert, described himself as a rather obvious villain, but it is clear that men under the guidance of the church are also planning the death of the entire Dare family. They want to kill the queen and all dare to heirs, especially the female heirs. It is speculated that this may be related to a way in which the Queen must be present when Briar King wakes up. Whether the Queen's presence will help, it is not clear that the assassin's motive is bleak.
King William, the youngest daughter of King William, is a protagonist in this book. She is attractive as a wayward teenage woman. Anne's strong will should be the reader's favorite, because the author managed to create a spoiled princess who is not annoying.
The rest of the characters are also real, some are interesting and interesting, especially Stephen Darige and Cazio. However, in some cases, a character will become flat and feel like a filler, like Winna, Aspar White's hobby.
Slightly hurt fantasy novel
The plot of Briar King is much more complicated than what is described in this review. This story is easy to develop because Case lets the reader know enough information without feeling frustrated. This book is fortunate to avoid many fantasy novels tending to keep everything mysterious before the fourth book. Yes, you will see Briar King.
Although this is a pleasant and clever fantasy, my main criticism is that the author overuses the device in which the character is in crisis, then describes the person who jumped to someone's care and then explained the role. How to escape death. Simply reading the action will be better. This has appeared many times in the book.
Then, near the end, the narrative became choppy. Some of them are understandable because it is difficult to interweave the sequence of actions of many characters in multiple locations during the same night's crisis. However, overuse of the device leads to interesting conflicts or meetings and then switches to something else. When I was interested in reading, this narrative was too hard to force me to continue reading. I would have liked to be less disturbed and bounced. Whether Keith is doing this or an over-enthusiasm editor, I don't know.
In addition to some forgivable flaws, The Briar King is an exciting story of a world of magic, religion, politics and mythology full of ideas and creativity. I would call it a fantasy above average, but wouldn't put it in a great category.
Orignal From: Book Review - Briar King By Greg Keyes
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