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I won't spoil it for anyone, but from what I have learned so far it is really quite simple. Very interesting in how it effects each person differently, and the way each individual can channel view spoiler [the demons magic or powers hide spoiler ] through themselves. It's genius in it's simplicity, and unique in a way I have not seen done before. One thing that strikes me as different about this series is the amount of female characters.
Most fantasy series out there are predominately male characters with very few female characters. Wexler seems to have taken the exact opposite approach. Two out of the three main storylines are female, and there are a wide variety of side characters. Wexler did a great job with his descriptions of all of them. Their individual personalities and histories almost make them feel like real people. Maybe most male authors don't feel comfortable writing a superior female cast. I'm not sure, but I wish it was done more often.
Wexler has managed to knock it out of the park.
The Shadow Throne is a impressive sequel with great world building, fantastic characters, and an authentic feel. There is no sophomore slump with this book. I urge all fantasy and military fantasy fans to give this series a try as soon as possible. There is a variety of emotions, action, and politics to satiate most readers, or just make you hungry for more. I'm absolutely craving more and will be starting book 3 right away.
View 1 comment. What came as a surprise when I read the first book, could not repeat the magic the second time around. The shadow Throne is quite different from its predecessor to the point of wondering if it is even the same series. What started off as a brilliant Flintlock fantasy, full of mysterious demons, desert warfare and some great writing has suddenly turned into yet another book about court intrigue, and lacks everything that made the first book wonderful Plot wise, the story is set back in homeland whe What came as a surprise when I read the first book, could not repeat the magic the second time around.
What started off as a brilliant Flintlock fantasy, full of mysterious demons, desert warfare and some great writing has suddenly turned into yet another book about court intrigue, and lacks everything that made the first book wonderful Plot wise, the story is set back in homeland where a princess who like all other princesses has no power by herself and has to use her wit and Cunning to acquire power Mixes her self with some "rebels" Casually plots to overthrow the power of a Duke who is supposed to be extremely powerful.
She does not do anything particularly amazing. Her plan to start a revolution seemed vague. And for the most part all we get to read about is her movements with her "revolutionaries" The book Almost completely abandons warfare, the demons and few beloved characters from book 1.
So basically pretty much everything that's good. The characters are another problem. The princess gets a Lion's share of the book and yet fails to make an impression apart from one particular trait Marcus and Janus do not appear as much as they should. Give Em Hell and the Preacher only make a Cameo. Winter, the amazing soldier who fought so many battles as well as demons is reduced to a mumbling apologetic and helpless girl as soon as she meets Jane.
Her haunting visions Jane are set aside along with her unit, her demon and the necessity to maintain her secrets. The Last duke is perhaps the most disappointing character in the book. Nor is he menacing enough to earn the reputation he carries. Towards the end of the book he makes less and less sense.
There was very little in this book which was exciting. The brief interactions of demons and a few memorable scenes are noteworthy. Overall a drastic change from book 1 which might not be pleasing to many like me.
Overall, a cannon with wet powder. I was really looking forward to this book after the glowing reviews of my friends and the people I follow here on GR. I liked the new character of Raesinia and her little plan of snatching the power from the hands of Minister of Orlanko the same man whom I thought to be so powerful and cunning. She played a vital role i I was really looking forward to this book after the glowing reviews of my friends and the people I follow here on GR.
She played a vital role in how the things ended in this book and I admired her for her Everything was going good for me but after that it was a downfall. Marcus somehow ended up in prison twice and Winter became a whiny girl crying who kept shedding tears. I know Marcus was a kind hearted man but Winter was so much in the previous book. And that was a huge disappointment for me. He was the driving force in last book but here he was in shadows, barely there.
There was not much about "Thousand Names" and now all the more mysterious. Hope "Price of Valour" is better than this. May 28, Esme rated it really liked it.
Wow, that was a change of pace from the first book. No longer out in the fields fighting, it's inner city turmoil and political plotting.
We get a new POV, the princess soon to be Queen I think i've been picking at th Wow, that was a change of pace from the first book. I think i've been picking at this book for like.. The first book I tore through in a number of days. HOwever, I am in the middle of about 8 books right now so if I was focused solely on this book it would have been faster. I'm going to keep reading the series, but I'm a little hesitant because I just didn't connect with Reseinia? I'm audiobooking. She's certainly very interesting, and she's vital to the plot, so I understand why she's there, I just didn't love her the way I love Marcus and Winter.
And the tongue-in-cheek echoes of names, such as Danton, here an impassioned orator whose mind is. If an entire post will be spoiler discussion, indicate so in the title, eg. Email to friends Share on Facebook - opens in a new window or tab Share on Twitter - opens in a new window or tab Share on Pinterest - opens in a new window or tab. What I found most effective in this point is how matter-of-factly Janus works with Winter and Jane to bring their female-only battalion into the military fold. Anyone can plot a coup or fire an assassin s bullet.
Feb 08, Michael Pang rated it really liked it. Less "martial" than the first book. In book 1 there were good number of large scale battles plus accompanying skirmishes and the story focused on the characters while campaigning across a foreign map. Here, the action is focused close to home in and around a single city. We get to see the seeds of discontent and scheming plans blossom into a full scale revolution. Great story, characters and writing, just wanted to point out that it is a little different than the 1st book if you were looking fo Less "martial" than the first book.
Great story, characters and writing, just wanted to point out that it is a little different than the 1st book if you were looking for a repeat of a full-fledged military fantasy. Apr 18, Sumant rated it really liked it Shelves: fantasy , shadow-campaigns. The shadow throne which is the second book in the shadow campaigns series, completely changes gears as regards to the first book is concerned.
The Shadow Throne book. Read reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Anyone can plot a coup or fire an assassin's bullet. But in a wo. Book 2 of 4 in the Shadow Campaigns Series . Start reading The Shadow Throne (Shadow Campaigns Book 2) on your Kindle in under a minute. Don't have a.
The first book was a military fantasy while this book is all about the political intrigue going on the city of Vordan. The book started solidly for me, but I think the battle scenes in the book were a bit unconvincing and Wexler wrapped them up in just a few pages. Some of the strong points of the book are 1. Interesting story. World building. New pov cha The shadow throne which is the second book in the shadow campaigns series, completely changes gears as regards to the first book is concerned.
New pov characters. Some weak points of the book are 1. Hastily wrapped up battle scenes. Let me elaborate on the above points now 1. He wasn't afraid of conspiracies. No conspiracy could survive exposure and decapitation, after all, and he was an expert at both. But Orlanko had learned to feel the mood of the city, as though it were a single organism. Sometimes it was sleepy and complacent, when times were good and people were fat and happy.
When times were lean, it was snappy and irritable, prone to sudden rages and panics. The main crux of the story is about seizing power in the city of Vordan by the last duke Orlanko. He is helped in this cause by the Borel bankers and the Sworn church. The last duke is also a minister of information which makes him invincible due to the fact that he has leverage over everyone in the cabinet, due to the information he has regarding them with his network of spies. He has help of Borel bankers who have given huge loans to the Vordan kingdom, and these bankers have their tax farmers roaming at will in the city and going to extreme circumstances to make people pay their debts.
The church gives super natural backing to the duke. This makes up the main story throughout the book, but there is also a parallel story regarding captain Marcus and his family, we know from the previous book that the captain's family died in a fire in their mansion. But when Marcus comes to know from shady sources that this in the actual fact, he starts digging deep and finds some big people involved in this.
Although the world building done by the author is not subtle but still it is very interesting, also we have a map at the start of the book. Wexler makes good use of this map in describing to us the different sections of this city. I really liked his descriptions regarding how the docks in the city operate, as more than twenty five percent of the story takes place in the vicinity of docks.
Wexler introduces lot of new pov characters in this book, also it has our usual suspects of pov characters from Marcus and Winter. From our new pov characters I liked the most was of Raesinia. Regarding the shortcomings of the book 1. I loved the last book as there were some great battle scenes in it, although this book does not have the same concept as the last one, but the battle which is given to us in this book is wrapped in a hasty manner and due to that it was not a convincing read for me.
Jul 27, Nathan rated it it was amazing Shelves: ratedstar , author-male , read , flintlock-fantasy. There is no middle book issue in this series; The Shadow Throne improves on the very strong start provided by The Thousand Names.