Midnight Falcon / David A. Gemmell

Midnight Falcon

(category: fantasy)
book 2 of Rigante, by

David A. Gemmell

published by Bantam Press in 1999, read in September 2009

Agamedes' rating: 7 out of 10

Agamedes' opinion:

Great sword & sorcery -- and the sorcery is out in the open, none of the X-files style of, was it magic, or just mysterious. The main theme of the book, though, is “sword”. None of the good guys really want a war -- but they fight like devils because the bad guys forced them to it. A lot of fun! I was worried when the hero’s girl-friend was killed early on. But she does reappear, then leave again, so the hero’s last act is to go where she has gone... Stay tuned for the next book, eh! Book one must have had too many loose threads wrapped up. This book (two) takes the son of the book one hero, gives him his father’s armour, sword and place in battle, then leaves the ending nicely closed off but with an obvious lead into the next adventure. There is also conflict amongst the good guys and we see the good side of the bad guys. Not just a story... it’s a dynastic epic.

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