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A review by eric_w_burns
The Unwilling Warlord by Lawrence Watt-Evans
5.0
[Rating: 4.5/5.0]
Of the three Watt-Evans novels I've read so far, I like this one the best. As with the other two novels he eschews perfect plot structure for a meandering biography-like story that has a wonderful organic verisimilitude to it. The story involves a long lost descendant of a noble being kidnapped by the country of his nobility and being told that he is their hereditary Warlord now. It's a fun premise. There are two big status quo changes that happen in the story that really work for me. As always from Watt-Evans, the world building is great. All of the novels in this series are self contained complete stories so this would be a fine jumping on point.
Of the three Watt-Evans novels I've read so far, I like this one the best. As with the other two novels he eschews perfect plot structure for a meandering biography-like story that has a wonderful organic verisimilitude to it. The story involves a long lost descendant of a noble being kidnapped by the country of his nobility and being told that he is their hereditary Warlord now. It's a fun premise. There are two big status quo changes that happen in the story that really work for me. As always from Watt-Evans, the world building is great. All of the novels in this series are self contained complete stories so this would be a fine jumping on point.