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The Fell Sword The Traitor Son Cycle Book 2 eBook Miles Cameron

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The Fell Sword The Traitor Son Cycle Book 2 eBook Miles Cameron

This book was a real disappointment after "The Red Knight." Mr. Cameron's style of writing has devolved into a more juvenile style where everything is explained to you and hardened mercenaries often act like adolescents. Mr. Cameron substitutes overly detailed descriptions of things for evocative writing. Having someone list a description of an environment or an object is about as thrilling as listening to someone read a list, it's simply not a substitute for powerful word choice and rich phrasing that would evoke strong emotions and bring you into the story. If you've read Mr. Cameron's profile you'll know that he knows quite a bit about medieval armor, which is fine. But, when he insists on giving minute and detailed descriptions of armor over and over it becomes annoyingly pretentious. He has a good story to tell, but does not tell it well.


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The Fell Sword The Traitor Son Cycle Book 2 eBook Miles Cameron Reviews

First of all I did enjoy the book enough to write a review and most likely will buy the next book. Starting with the positives- the overall story is becoming apparent and seems more interesting with the reveal of the actual antagonist in this book though the constant references to how much the odds are stacked against the heroes only to be met by a series of relatively easy (except for 1 instance) victories seems anticlimactic and hopefully the author manages to bring his hero down a few pegs before any ultimate triumph.

{spoiler}
There are actual dragons which will need to die as the taglines in some of the marketing for this series has implied but whose presence lacked in the first book.
{/end spoiler}

I did enjoy how the author puts his knowledge of history in service to the story most of the time though I agree with some other reviews that the details on donning armor are a bit too repetitive. Once, twice, or even thrice is ok- but not a long description for nearly every battle sequence. The numerous Latin phrases and other bits of medieval words scattered about are interesting but sometimes a detriment when I can't figure out what the phrase means from context and even Google fails to translate it.

The Red Knight himself seems to achieve some small character development in this book but no other characters seem to advance in self awareness or depth which is disappointing. I don't expect every single character to develop but at least throw some hints of contemplation or learning from events in more than a merely intellectual way for a few key characters.

The single biggest problem I have with this book is also something I enjoyed concurrently and thus I find it very difficult to review. The parts lifted from real history applied in alternate form in this book are both captivating and distracting. There is a mishmash of chivalric codes, alchemy, historical personalities, events, places, and cultures with the author's opinions that sometimes works for me but just as often does not. I am not sure if that is a reflection of my own knowledge (or lack) of history but I think the disconnect comes in when the author displays a great knowledge of some actual historical details followed directly by inaccurate details based on very outdated conjectures.

Particularly the seeming remake of the 'Noble Savage' caricature of Native Americans applied to the people living in the 'Wild' and the mix of northern American colonization from this historical gunpowder era with medieval sword and sorcery chronological era in the story. I appreciate the author's attempt to speculate on what would happen if late medieval/early renaissance people encountered a new continent with a native population which did not die en mass from foreign diseases. Basically the author concludes that the natives would die rather quickly without the protection of powerful and 'mostly' benevolent magical beings in the face of heavy cavalry and plate armor forgetting perhaps that Cortez conquered the Aztecs only with the aid of rebellion of the subject peoples throwing off oppression of the Aztecs and Moscow conquered the steppes only with the aid of guns and rail.

The harsh 'chivalric' and misogynistic code of the 'French' stand ins also bothers me where the 'English' kingdom is supposedly much freer and more modern because the author picks and choose which history he represents faithfully and what is twisted not only to fit the story but to explain cultural differences which historically were quite different than represented in the book.

It is fantasy fiction only loosely based on history one can argue but in most of the broad details the fiction is actually as tightly built on historical facts so it is jarring to go from accurate if speculative historical accuracy to complete distortions or fabrications in things that have little to do with the overt fantasy elements of the story.

I rad some other reviews which complained about the lack of detail in the magic system and called it laziness... the magic system is actually based on alchemical and spiritual ideas that some medieval people believed in as the science of their day. The memory palace is actually one of the better presentations of magical practice I've read in fantasy and I hope people are inspired to do a little historical research if they are so bothered by the magical system presented in the book but I can definitely say the author was not lazy in how he created the system presented in the books (unless you call researching and adopting historical beliefs lazy compared to just making up a system based on imagination that lacks any fundamental principles).

I could say more about this book but would rather say simply that despite some issues the book is still a good read but for serious fantasy readers the historical 'borrowing' is perhaps so heavy as to be obnoxious and fits more alternative history genre that has magic and dragons if there is such a genre.
This sequel to "Red Knight" was superb. Fortunately, I was prepared for the level of action and suspense, and was able to continue reading steadily, instead of putting the book down at intervals to recover my poise, which is what I had to do while reading Red Knight". While one could read this book without reading the first, please read the first. Why be deprived of such a treat?

The magnificent,strategic battles are there; the plotting, the assassinations, the crackling destruction of hermeticism; the wry humour; and just a touch of forlorn, but not sappy, romance.

The stakes have risen. Thorn is not defeated, but goes off to meditatively lick his wounds, and we find that he is merely a pawn in a greater game; he receives a black and terrifying power.
We meet the Red Knight's family up close...and get chilling insight into his animosity toward them...
We get an even deeper glimpse into the Wild, fascinating and empathetic...
Who is the Red Knight? Can his being endure the harnessing of his own considerable power AND that of Harmodious?
Who, indeed, is the gracefully powerful Queen, Desiderata? Can she maneuver to survive the sudden malicious conspiracy in her own court?
What purpose does the enigmatic and ominous Mr. Smythe entertain?
And even more surprisingly, what manner of knight is deadly enough to hand the utterly catastrophic Bad Tom his own arse to him on a plate??

The Wild is not the real enemy...
A continuation of the first story, but much expanded and deepened. The larger pieces begin to be seen and the action continues with unequaled descriptions of battle and the gear involved.

I have never read a book where I felt more literally in the front lines. Almost seeing the armor and hearing it creak and groan under the force of the blows. Amazing!

The Winter dance is another favorite scene in which the descriptions make everything come to life.

This is an outstanding series and, to me, much more coherent than Game of Thrones.
You really need to make a character chart for this book. It has the same issues as book 1, with 50+ characters introduced in the first 60pages- in very short sequences. Writing down the characters, grouping them by location and a short description is really necessary to make this book readable. This also helps keep characters straight- for example, Jean de Vrailly is addressed by 4 different names/titles in this book.

Overall I liked it more then the first book. The city was great. Battlescenes were awesome. My negative mark is that characterization lagged. Mortimir ultimately fell flat. Every King is a carbon copy of the others, etc.
This book was a real disappointment after "The Red Knight." Mr. Cameron's style of writing has devolved into a more juvenile style where everything is explained to you and hardened mercenaries often act like adolescents. Mr. Cameron substitutes overly detailed descriptions of things for evocative writing. Having someone list a description of an environment or an object is about as thrilling as listening to someone read a list, it's simply not a substitute for powerful word choice and rich phrasing that would evoke strong emotions and bring you into the story. If you've read Mr. Cameron's profile you'll know that he knows quite a bit about medieval armor, which is fine. But, when he insists on giving minute and detailed descriptions of armor over and over it becomes annoyingly pretentious. He has a good story to tell, but does not tell it well.