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A review by nclcaitlin
Son of a Liche by J. Zachary Pike
4.0
King Handor wants Gorm and his crew dead, the Heroes' Guild has branded them traitors, and someone keeps sending assassins to kill them. The Shadowkin aren’t faring much better, their papers being revoked so they are free game for heroes to kill. Not to mention, there’s an undead army of the liche Detarr Ur' Mayan on the March.
It’s not looking great. Except for the economy. All the danger has got business booming!
Not only does Pike poke fun at speculation, the stock market, and corruption; he also shows insight into drug addiction, otherness, and prejudice.
“Oh? I never liked trickle-down economics," said Ortson, watching the crimson wine drip down the glass. "It implies that there's a leak somewhere."
Sadly, there was a lot of sorcery info dumping (necromancy etc) that just went over my head. Not only did it give me whiplash and a headache and take me out of story, but it felt like a whole tonal shift from the relative easiness of the rest of the book.
However, I still have to applaud Pike ‘s sharp wit and realistic, pessimistic view of our world converted into a comedic fantasy satire.
Proposals were deferred to committees that would be formed at a future date. Of course, that meant that a committee to form the committees was required. The sun was setting by the time the committee to form the committee that would form the committees was decided upon.
It’s not looking great. Except for the economy. All the danger has got business booming!
Not only does Pike poke fun at speculation, the stock market, and corruption; he also shows insight into drug addiction, otherness, and prejudice.
“Oh? I never liked trickle-down economics," said Ortson, watching the crimson wine drip down the glass. "It implies that there's a leak somewhere."
Sadly, there was a lot of sorcery info dumping (necromancy etc) that just went over my head. Not only did it give me whiplash and a headache and take me out of story, but it felt like a whole tonal shift from the relative easiness of the rest of the book.
However, I still have to applaud Pike ‘s sharp wit and realistic, pessimistic view of our world converted into a comedic fantasy satire.
Proposals were deferred to committees that would be formed at a future date. Of course, that meant that a committee to form the committees was required. The sun was setting by the time the committee to form the committee that would form the committees was decided upon.