The goblins have killed all of our horses and most of our men. They have enslaved our cities, burned our fields, and inflicted a waking nightmare on the known world. Yet humanity persists, fighting back with all we have against the their bottomless hunger for human lands and human flesh.
Now it's up to the daughters of Manreach to save what's left of the human kingdoms. They'll fight every weapon at hand, with fearsome gods at their backs and brutal monsters at their sides.
Galva - Galvicha to her three brothers, also under arms against the foe - has defied her family's wishes and joined the army's untested new unit, the Raven Knights, to serve at the side of women who, like her, have chosen the battlefield over the marriage bed. She and her sisters in arms march toward a once-beautiful city now overrun by the goblin horde, accompanied by …
The goblins have killed all of our horses and most of our men. They have enslaved our cities, burned our fields, and inflicted a waking nightmare on the known world. Yet humanity persists, fighting back with all we have against the their bottomless hunger for human lands and human flesh.
Now it's up to the daughters of Manreach to save what's left of the human kingdoms. They'll fight every weapon at hand, with fearsome gods at their backs and brutal monsters at their sides.
Galva - Galvicha to her three brothers, also under arms against the foe - has defied her family's wishes and joined the army's untested new unit, the Raven Knights, to serve at the side of women who, like her, have chosen the battlefield over the marriage bed. She and her sisters in arms march toward a once-beautiful city now overrun by the goblin horde, accompanied by scores of giant war corvids. Made with the darkest magics, these fearsome black birds may hold the key to stopping the goblins in their war to make cattle of mankind.
The road to victory is bloody and the stakes are high; the goblins are clever and merciless in their prosecution of this third war against us. The Raven Knights can take nothing for granted - not the bonds of family, nor the wisdom of their leaders, nor their own safety against the dangerous war birds at their side.
I had loved The Blacktongue Thief but didn’t remember a lot from it. This book builds so much lore without being boring. There are some very original ideas.
The main character is not a talker and I would have liked a little more introspection on her part. It still avoids the “warriors insensitivity” you read in a lot of “realist” fantasy, and that’s nice. I also thought there were some issues with the rhythm but nothing too bad.
Muy dividida con esta. Por un lado, que pedazo de universo montado tiene, cada detalle, cada idea, las consecuencias de cada idea, me han parecido brillantes. Hay mucha miga en las tierras asediadas por una raza de goblins comehumanos y que te la cuente una guerrera lesbiana que comanda dos cuervos del tamaño de ciervos me parece el mejor de los planteamientos.
Peero, como siempre, del dicho al hecho hay un trecho y un personaje como Galva, serio, estoico, de pocas palabras, necesita de una contraparte para no hacerse pesada y los pequeños capítulos del hermano no llegan a suplirla. Buehlman intenta arreglarlo metiéndote carretadas de lore y unas batallas excelentemente descritas, pero muchas veces lo único que consigue es alargar la trama sin que pase nada interesante.
Tampoco ayuda que tenga un enfoque tan sórdido y oscuro, que no pase nada bueno nunca, que el regusto que te deje …
Muy dividida con esta. Por un lado, que pedazo de universo montado tiene, cada detalle, cada idea, las consecuencias de cada idea, me han parecido brillantes. Hay mucha miga en las tierras asediadas por una raza de goblins comehumanos y que te la cuente una guerrera lesbiana que comanda dos cuervos del tamaño de ciervos me parece el mejor de los planteamientos.
Peero, como siempre, del dicho al hecho hay un trecho y un personaje como Galva, serio, estoico, de pocas palabras, necesita de una contraparte para no hacerse pesada y los pequeños capítulos del hermano no llegan a suplirla. Buehlman intenta arreglarlo metiéndote carretadas de lore y unas batallas excelentemente descritas, pero muchas veces lo único que consigue es alargar la trama sin que pase nada interesante.
Tampoco ayuda que tenga un enfoque tan sórdido y oscuro, que no pase nada bueno nunca, que el regusto que te deje de forma constante es de absoluta desolación. De esos libros que piensas "Para esto enciendo las noticias y me ahorro las 400 páginas".
