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A review by arkobla
The Thousand Names by Django Wexler
5.0
Excellent debut novel Mr Wexler! On the strength of a very positive review, I picked this up and have enjoyed it cover to cover. The novel is one of a growing genre called flintlock fantasies...where a mix of magic and low tech guns is prevalent. The magic in this novel is very low key at first, only building in. The last quarter of the story. It is handled very effectively, as is everything else the author does here.
The story is told primarily form three points of view. All are members of an Army set in a hostile land away from home. Winter, a private, is the first POV character. His tale builds fairly steadily from early on.. The second is Marcus, a Captain in the. Army. He is competent and trustworthy. The last is Janus, newly appointed Colonel who doesn't initially understand the shape his mix of raw recruits and veteran colonials are in. With the former, they never learned how to soldier, with the later, in many ways, they have forgotten how to do it the right way.
Against them, the indegineous people's rise up todo battle, and Wexler does an outstanding job of bringing his battle scenes to life. This tale, at least early on, will almost come across with a bit of Richard Sharpe / napoleonic feel to it. But as the story unwinds, the ulterior motives of several characters as well as the machinations and politics will influence decisions and story on some unexpected but very interesting ways.
Bottom line...this may be the best book I have read this year! Aim thrilled to have read it and chomping at the bit to read book 2.
The story is told primarily form three points of view. All are members of an Army set in a hostile land away from home. Winter, a private, is the first POV character. His tale builds fairly steadily from early on.. The second is Marcus, a Captain in the. Army. He is competent and trustworthy. The last is Janus, newly appointed Colonel who doesn't initially understand the shape his mix of raw recruits and veteran colonials are in. With the former, they never learned how to soldier, with the later, in many ways, they have forgotten how to do it the right way.
Against them, the indegineous people's rise up todo battle, and Wexler does an outstanding job of bringing his battle scenes to life. This tale, at least early on, will almost come across with a bit of Richard Sharpe / napoleonic feel to it. But as the story unwinds, the ulterior motives of several characters as well as the machinations and politics will influence decisions and story on some unexpected but very interesting ways.
Bottom line...this may be the best book I have read this year! Aim thrilled to have read it and chomping at the bit to read book 2.