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The Child Foretold by Nicholas Kaufmann

trackofwords's review

3.0

Nicholas Kaufmann’s debut for Black Library is a tale of loss, loneliness and belonging for an isolated man. Kavel Trake was once a soldier in the militia, until the orks came to Ballard’s Run. When a dying woman stumbles onto his secluded farm and begs him to care for a babe in arms, he finds a sense of newfound purpose and the beginnings of a dark path. It’s melancholic and quietly domestic, but things lose a bit of impact as the narrative comes into focus and the darkness at its heart changes from implied to in-your-face, and it never really goes beyond mildly creepy in places.

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