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Stands a Shadow (2013)

de Col Buchanan

Séries: Heart of the World (2)

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Still grieving the death of her son, the Holy Matriarch of Mann has ordered her troops to embark on a mission to the Mercian Free Ports. Riding at the head of her army she plans to finally conquer the city of Bar-Khos, whose walls have kept them at bay for ten long years. Ash has other plans for her. The old Roshun warrior is determined that he will have vengeance for the crimes she has committed. But such a course of retribution is in direct opposition to everything he has lived for this isn't a Roshun vendetta it's personal. While Ash battles with his conscience, Che, the Matriarch's personal Diplomat and assassin, is questioning his own path. Watching as the Mannian army slaughters their way across the world, he wonders whether he believes any of the doctrine he has been taught to follow. As the battle for Bar-Khos intensifies, more and more lives are affected: Bahn who leaves all he loves in the city to try to protect it from the ravening Mannian empire, Bull the murderer who senses a chance to make things right, and Curl, the young prostitute who is determined to seek her own retribution on the field of battle. When the two armies clash all looks set to be decided. But it's not sheer force that will win this battle. But the tormented determination of one man seeking redemption ...… (mais)
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Aún de duelo por el asesinato de su hijo, la Santa Matriarca de Mann se pone al mando de sus tropas y se prepara para atacar los Puertos Libres mercianos y conquistar la ciudad de Barkhos, cuyas murallas se le han resistido durante diez largos años. Pero Ash tiene sus propios planes para la Santa Matriarca. El viejo guerrero Roshun está decidido a vengar los crímenes de la sacerdotisa. La batalla por Barkhos se recrudece y más vidas se ven arrastradas al sangriento conflicto: Bahn, el soldado asediado al borde de la locura; Bull, el asesino que busca una segunda oportunidad, y Curl, una joven prostituta que está decidida a buscar la venganza en el campo de batalla. Parece que todo se decidirá en el combate. Pero no será la fuerza la que gane la batalla, sino la atormentada determinación de un hombre que busca redimirse.
  Natt90 | Mar 17, 2023 |
Not a bad second book ( )
  PDCRead | Apr 6, 2020 |
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Title: Stands a Shadow
Series: Heart of the World #2
Author: Col Buchanan
Rating: 3 of 5 Stars
Genre: Flintlock Fantasy
Pages: 481
Format: Digital Edition

Synopsis:


The Empire of Mann begins it conquest of the Free Isles. The Empress goes along because she is pissed off about her son dying. The real ruler of Mann, an old magician, sends along a Mannian “Diplomat” (code for assassin) named Che to make sure the Empress never runs from battle or acts like a coward. He also sends along 2 other Diplomats to take care of the first Diplomat once his job is done.

The military leader of the Free Isles goes against all expectations and leads an army into the field to confront the Mannian host. Using even more unexpected tactics, his goal is to slay the Empress and stall the army until winter sets in. The Empress is killed by the Diplomat for trying to run from the fight and the Mannian army is divided as the general and a noble vie for control. The leader of the Free Isles succumbs to the pressures he's been under and has a heart attack.

Che realizes his life is over since he killed the Empress and begins a running fight with the other 2 Diplomats. He survives and hooks up with a girl from the Free Isles and is trying to start over. He accidentally reveals that he is from Mann and the girl turns him into the authorities.

Meanwhile, Ash, the Farlander from the previous book, is trying to assassinate the Empress himself. He finds out that Che is an ex-Roshun and has betrayed the Roshun and that they are destroyed. The book ends with Ash asking the surviving Roshun to fight the Empire of Mann while he goes on a quest to bring his dead apprentice back to life.

My Thoughts:

If you divide this book up into 100 parts,not even 1 part would be “magic”. It's definitely Flintlock fantasy, but the magic is so under utilized that I really hesitated to even call it “Fantasy”. It is also very bleak and borders on the Grimdark.

It was written well and at no point was I jarred out of the story. That being said, I also never wanted to “read more” if I had to stop for bedtime or something else.

However, I won't be continuing this series for the following reasons. The nobles of Mann regularly partake in orgies of sex and drugs and while nothing is graphic, there are enough objectionable things mentioned that I want nothing to do with it. “Magicless” fantasy doesn't do it for me. Bleak doesn't do it for me. In general, the whole world and all the characters just leave me feeling very blasé. Blase doesn't do it for me either, in case you were wondering. Add in the fact that it took me 3 years to even search out the sequel to Farlander and that tells me something too.

Now I just have to decide what to replace this series with on my kindle. I've got the Caverns & Creatures series by Robert Bevan or the Dead Enders trilogy by Mike Resnick. Decisions, decisions.


★★★☆☆ ( )
1 vote BookstoogeLT | May 29, 2018 |
After reading the first book of Col Buchanan's Heart of the World series, Farlander, I was left with mixed feelings. For the most part I had enjoyed the book. If I were to have used one word to describe it however it would have most likely been: Average. I did find it enjoyable enough however to want to see where Mr. Buchanan was going with his story.

Man am I glad I picked up the second book. Stands A Shadow is better in every way compared to the first book. Don't get me wrong, the first book wasn't awful by any means, it just didn't do anything that stood out to me (besides what happened toward the ending). The sequel though has better pacing, the world seems to be coming to life more, and has many exciting action sequences. We learn more about why Ash is so tortured and it really adds to his character. We are also introduced to some new characters and as the cast grew I found myself enjoying the story more. Shades of grey are shown among the villains as well, which I always appreciate. I cannot wait to read the 3rd book and hope that Mr. Buchanan continues to improve and grow as a writer as much as he did between the first and second book.

If you had read the first book but weren't overly impressed I highly recommend that you give the second book a chance.

PjS ( )
  pjskimin | Dec 6, 2013 |
In dit tweede deel kwam ik heel wat meer te weten over de hoofdpersonen. Dat vond ik wel prettig, want zo kregen ze wat meer body voor mij. Ik vond het een prima boek. Spannend. ( )
  connie53 | Jun 14, 2013 |
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Still grieving the death of her son, the Holy Matriarch of Mann has ordered her troops to embark on a mission to the Mercian Free Ports. Riding at the head of her army she plans to finally conquer the city of Bar-Khos, whose walls have kept them at bay for ten long years. Ash has other plans for her. The old Roshun warrior is determined that he will have vengeance for the crimes she has committed. But such a course of retribution is in direct opposition to everything he has lived for this isn't a Roshun vendetta it's personal. While Ash battles with his conscience, Che, the Matriarch's personal Diplomat and assassin, is questioning his own path. Watching as the Mannian army slaughters their way across the world, he wonders whether he believes any of the doctrine he has been taught to follow. As the battle for Bar-Khos intensifies, more and more lives are affected: Bahn who leaves all he loves in the city to try to protect it from the ravening Mannian empire, Bull the murderer who senses a chance to make things right, and Curl, the young prostitute who is determined to seek her own retribution on the field of battle. When the two armies clash all looks set to be decided. But it's not sheer force that will win this battle. But the tormented determination of one man seeking redemption ...

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