They're the small enemy that you throw a hoard at our heroes so they get a larger kill count and get the readers blood pumping… here they will make it run cold. There’s also a healthy dose of poetry and songs scattered throughout the story, and they enrich the ever-expanding environment with music, lore, humor, and other intangibles. The author reads the audiobook and gives a fantastic performance, even though the audio quality isn't so good.

Mundo descrito adecuadamente sin extenderse en exceso, que incluye múltiples grados de magia, una historia expansiva centrada en la guerra y una mezcla de culturas e idiomas. Part of the joy in reading the novel is how Buehlman makes all his worldbuilding seem so effortless (and breathless—this book moves). Also, I don't give a squid about the characters and they can die a slightly excruciating death for all I care. Unsuccessful in his robbery and lucky to escape with his life, Kinch now finds his fate entangled with Galva’s. And of course, like most of the best fantasies, we have magic-magic that shows up in all sorts of unexpected ways and in unexpected things.With poor Kinch having to pause life at nearly every turn so that someone can smack him across the face- it was difficult not to burst out laughing at times.

One character died in a scene that honestly until his death came off as a comedic filler chapter involving an almost tug-o-war situation… any other book this would have been a fun mini-adventure before advancing the plot. Although this isn’t Christopher Buehlman’s first novel, it is the first novel I’ve read by him and I can firmly say I’m impressed. We join a thief in a world of tattoo-magic, witches, goblin wars on a quest with unlikely friendships and incredible misadventures. It seemed to me the main character was in the exact same state of mind at the end of the book as he was at the beginning. Pero no solo es humor, explora los temas de la guerra y la codicia de los hombres, mucha acción y magia a veces incluso con cierto humor pero mucha otras con crueldad.

Lleno de acción con grandes escenarios que conducen a un crescendo final donde cada hilo ha sido cuidadosamente tejido e integrado. Whilst it is not like Kings of the Wyld in the sense that the humour derives mostly from the group dynamic, it is still highly entertaining and funny in its own right. I gave Pagran back his glaive to crutch himself along on and had to let Frella lean her weight on me over a mile of uneven ground. Pues que decir que me lo he pasado genial, me reído un montón, con nuestro protagonista y desde el comienzo me encantó el tono que tenía el libro.