A review by samarkandar
The Mongoliad: Book One by Greg Bear, Neal Stephenson, Erik Bear

1.0

I LOVE anything related to Mongols or the Mongol Empire AND Neal Stephenson, so this book should have been a dream come true for me. I was willing to overlook a lot because MONGOLS. But this thing reads like a very rough first draft. Characterization, plotting, dialogue...weak on all fronts. I'm honestly astonished that with all those talented writers working together, this is the best they could come up with.

Also, as a Mongol nerd, I cringed every time I read Chinggis Khan's name written as "Genghis."