Talion: Revenant
Ratings6
Average rating4.2
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Ratings6
Average rating4.2
Justices – the select of the Talion, endowed with fearsome magick and lethal martial skills – roam the Shattered Empire, crushing the lawless and championing the oppressed. Their word is law and their judgment binding on highborn and low.
Nolan is a Justice born in what once was the free nation of Sinjaria. Orphaned in the war of conquest with the nation of Hamis, he traveled to far Talianna and secured the right to become a Justice. Now, years later, the Master of all Talions has a dangerous assignment for Nolan: he is to guard the life of the king who destroyed Sinjaria and slaughtered his family. Alone, Nolan ventures into the political maelstrom that is the court of Hamis to stop an assassin even his Masters think cannot be slain . . .
(from the back cover)
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Enjoyed the read, prose could be better. Strangely, a whole bunch of typographical errors; not sure if they are exclusive to the Kindle version I read or not. Good worldbuilding, not crazy about the ending.
Wow I'm very very surprised on how good this book was. 100% the only reason I bought it was because the cover is awesome. I don't know why people don't pony up a few extra bucks to have someone create a cover you can be proud of people will actually read your book.
The story 2 Povs of the same person, Nolan.
One POV is the present, which talks about his actions as a Talion which is just a highly skilled police officer who is bound to nobody but the king himself and will open a can of whoop real fast. One thing I liked is that he can summon his sword into his hand...I've never read a book where he can do that so that was dope.
The other POV is him in past as an orphan going through training to be a Talion but also follows his adventures and love interest.
I sometimes have a hard time remembering what happened with a character in between POVs but this was written so wonderfully that I ate up every word. He weaved them both together to make it more interesting. For example, when he is a Talion the end of the chapter talks about his shoulder hurting. The next chapter it switches to the past and shows how he injured his shoulder in the past from fighting in battle.
Speaking of battle...holy moly this guy writes some great action scenes and this book is FULL of it. I will absolutely be reading more of his work.
Starts fairly slowly so don't let it go early. builds nicely into what could have been a special book. But somewhere Michael could not polish and give enough substance to his hero. I still rate it highly cause the ending deserved a much better book. Talion as a concept had a lot of scope and I hope he is able to build upon it in future books
