kath_knits 's review for:

The Beggar King by Oliver Pötzsch, Lee Chadeayne

5.0

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This is a gritty read - hard to stomach at times. I feel I ought to get that warning in first before I recommend it. But if you can bear the descriptions (e.g torture, war, sewage, quite a lot of sewage) then this is masterful storytelling. It did at times remind me of 24, with the number of near-death experiences. Kiefer Sutherland, eat your heart out.