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A review by canaanmerchant
Cold Iron by Miles Cameron
4.0
Impossible for me not to compare this to Cameron's other fantasy series the Traitor Son Cycle but those comparisons are all favorable minus one.
The one drag is that this book is very much an introduction and ends with the story clearly ready to move on. I can be patient because Cameron is reliable about publishing dates.
Still here we stick with one perspective, Aranthur Timos'. He's young but not immature. Innocent but not naive. Skilled but not arrogant. This means that his imperfectness feels natural rather than the author trying to avoid creating a super hero.
The world building is superb as usual this time with an early renaissance tech level mixing up swordplay, gun fights, and magical duels. Most of the story takes place in one city but events ripple out and echo back drawing you in and the plot let's Aranthur meet a wide variety of folks across all walks of life.
Then there is the combat. There's little in the way of pitched battles but Cameron loves his swordplay and it shows here as well.
Okay, one final quibble. Hardly any of the place names mentioned in the text were on the map. I'm guess there will be wider travels but dang I was really searching for some places that just don't appear to exist.
The one drag is that this book is very much an introduction and ends with the story clearly ready to move on. I can be patient because Cameron is reliable about publishing dates.
Still here we stick with one perspective, Aranthur Timos'. He's young but not immature. Innocent but not naive. Skilled but not arrogant. This means that his imperfectness feels natural rather than the author trying to avoid creating a super hero.
The world building is superb as usual this time with an early renaissance tech level mixing up swordplay, gun fights, and magical duels. Most of the story takes place in one city but events ripple out and echo back drawing you in and the plot let's Aranthur meet a wide variety of folks across all walks of life.
Then there is the combat. There's little in the way of pitched battles but Cameron loves his swordplay and it shows here as well.
Okay, one final quibble. Hardly any of the place names mentioned in the text were on the map. I'm guess there will be wider travels but dang I was really searching for some places that just don't appear to exist.