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If you love a good revenge story as much as I do you will love this book. Thus far the best Warhammer book I've ever read. Alith Anar is a fantastic character.


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Shadow King A Tale of the Sundering Gav Thorpe 9781844168170 Books Reviews

The writers of the ToL novels have a lot on their shoulders, attempting to combine arcana and prewritten fluff with the expectations of the readers is a daunting tasks, and few are as well executed as the Shadow King. Alith Anar, a starry eyed youth of Nagarythe, has his naivete and innocence systematically stripped from him as the civil war of the Elves continues to turn Ulthuan into a charnel house. His home destroyed and his family slaughtered, Alith gathers his remaining people and turns them into a fighting force even the druchii come to fear.

The main character is really what makes this book worthwhile. The hardest thing about most writing is making a character grow without having his transformation feel stapeled out and vestigial. Alith doesn't wake up one day suddenly a ruthless killing machine, hes made into person through years of bitter warfare. While some of the leaps forward in time are a bit much, they help to smooth over the rough edges of the advancement of the war, which does take place across an entire continent. The only real detraction is a rather tragic romance that would ahve been near perfect it weren't cut off less than 5 pages from its start.

Warfare is pulled away from rank and file conflicts, and becomes a more highland, hit and run guerilla affair, which is the intent of the story to begin with, and is executed nicely. Every battle also helps to advance the overall plot and only a few points have even a scent of being filler. Balanced with an opening rife with poltiics and intrigue, as well as the quasi game of thrones of the elven court, neither side is bled dry, and the switch works almost naturally.

Overall, Alith is a character that you root for almost the entire book, though near the end he begins to lose dimension, but not before a great ending that sews together the first two chapters of the Sundering series very nicely. Apart from the first book of the Nagash series, this is probably the best ToL book to date.
Great book! I have to commend the author for making what could have been a contrived story of loss and vengeance into a very compeling read. Alith Anar's tale really came to life in the pages, making me see his heartfelt story on a more personal level even as it meshed with the over arching story of Malekith and the elven civil war (if that is the right way to categorize this war). By the time Alith's story reached the point in time where Malekith ended, I could barely put the book down, wanting to see where our hero was heading as fate continued to slap him down again and again.

The only criticism I have of Shadow King is that certain events just did not seem very realistic. I won't post spoilers, but certain things toward the end of the book seemed rushed as if the author had to tie up a loose end quickly or throw in a clever plot device to jerk our main character back into line for where he is suppose to go. These few scenes annoyed me even though I was too attached to Alith by this point to put the book down. Perhaps I am being too harsh, but they really were glaring missteps to me.

However, Shadow King is a page turner, especially if you enjoy the warhammer universe or just a good tale regarding the pursuit of vengeance.
I needed to finish the series, great follow-up to the first book, author does amazing work.
I am typically not a big fan of elves in fantasy but the Warhammer series really makes me enjoy reading about them. I especially like the fact that dark elves aren't elves that are physically dark but are actually just absolutely twisted. This novel is full of tragedy, action, drama and revenge. Gav Thorpe really does a fine job of describing The Sundering in this novel and its predecessor. Look forward to the next one.
It is a nice story that fallows the main character through a huge journey to avenge his family and his nation. It also has a nice twist at the very end if you read it in sequence with the first one. It is a tale that really keeps you wondering what will happen next.
If you love a good revenge story as much as I do you will love this book. Thus far the best Warhammer book I've ever read. Alith Anar is a fantastic character.