RaveLibrary JournalMarillier’s (Blackthorn and Grim series) latest novel in the Warrior Bards series (after The Harp of Kings), set in a fantasy world inspired by mythic Ireland, is a brisk and engaging read with vivid characters and a satisfying conclusion that makes this work as a standalone. Recommended for fans of Katharine Kerr’s Deverry books or Patrick Rothfuss’s Kingkiller Chronicles series.
Sarah Tolmie
PositiveLibrary Journal... a strange meditation on love and death ... This quiet, magical-realist fairy tale written with a delicate melancholy will attract readers who enjoyed G. Willow Wilson’s The Bird King or Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone’s This Is How You Lose the Time War.
Guy Gavriel Kay
RaveLibrary JournalThe setting is evocative and vivid, inspired by real historical events and figures, and Kay manages a deft balance between quiet contemplation and exciting action as he explores the roles that fate, chance, and choice play for a minor figure in a time of upheaval ... Readers of Jacqueline Carey\'s \'Kushiel\' series or Joe Abercrombie\'s \'Half a King\' books should enjoy this dramatic and lush title for its almost, but not quite, historical backdrop. Also a good potential crossover for historical fiction fans since, as is usual for Kay, magic and the supernatural play only the tiniest role.
