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Black Wolves
by Kate Elliott
The story starts with the events that led to the death of a king, then skips over twenty-two years, where the kingdom is still dealing with the effects. Many people are contained within this story from kings, princes, and lords, all the way to rebels, criminals, and slaves--but there are a few who are especially important. Kellas was the captain of the Black Wolves, guards to the king, who lost his king and his honor, position, and the Wolves were disbanded. And then Reeve Marshal Dannarah, the dead king's sister, comes to ask him to help the current king. Rejoining the kingdom's politics will have sweeping consequences, as people scheme, steal, and murder to win power.
The storypacks a lot into its 700 pages. There are many characters, but a fair degree of pages are spent on the more important ones, so it feels crowded, but not confusing. Heavily into politics, this is a story of degrees of 'good,' with many people making poor decisions, doing terrible things with good intentions, or doing horrible things for indecipherable reasons. This is the first book in a series, so it's a little grim--there's background, setting up conflict, and more conflict--with a few little rays of hope for the future.
The storypacks a lot into its 700 pages. There are many characters, but a fair degree of pages are spent on the more important ones, so it feels crowded, but not confusing. Heavily into politics, this is a story of degrees of 'good,' with many people making poor decisions, doing terrible things with good intentions, or doing horrible things for indecipherable reasons. This is the first book in a series, so it's a little grim--there's background, setting up conflict, and more conflict--with a few little rays of hope for the future.