A review by trilbynorton
Knight and Shadow by Flint Maxwell

2.0

The epigraph comprises quotations from Stephen King's The Dark Tower series and Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, two works that, unfortunately, this book only resembles in the scantest of surface details. It's a pulpy adventure which strives to mix gritty Western novels with high fantasy, to only limited success. It moves along at a brisk pace, liberally sprinkles the action throughout, and doesn't outstay its welcome (I should point out that this is the first in a planned series, and so ends rather abruptly). But the prose is clunky (one character is described as "built and macho"), the tone uneven, and the worldbuilding derivative. Fine for a quick read, but I won't be following the series.