tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991760003960066476.post1999889128306759572..comments2024-02-05T18:44:00.439+02:00Comments on Dark Wolf's Fantasy Reviews: More K.J. Parker fiction coming next yearMihai A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08534691063946241019noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991760003960066476.post-6094761914426344392015-10-22T13:03:47.388+03:002015-10-22T13:03:47.388+03:00I am still behind with some of my readings, work w...I am still behind with some of my readings, work was a bit too demanding lately. But I do love K.J. Parker's books a lot, so I am certain I'll catch up with them soon. Including the Engineer trilogy which I was able to read thus far.<br />I like the unreliable, unlikable characters of K.J. Parker a lot, therefore I am even more intrigued by "The Last Witness" now. Plus I always love a good twist to the devil stories and by the looks of it "The Devil You Know" has just that.Mihai A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08534691063946241019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991760003960066476.post-28331303450077742992015-10-15T16:12:22.778+03:002015-10-15T16:12:22.778+03:00Savages is now available widely as an ebook and it...Savages is now available widely as an ebook and it is (so far and likely to stay there) my #1 novel of the year and one of my big time Kj parker favorites (alongside Sharps, Purple and Black, The Scavenger series, the first and second Engineer novels, The Hammer...) <br /><br />Two of Swords is also awesome - I get and read every installment usually the night it's out - though even now after 9 parts (and over 500 pages total) it is really not clear where it is going and what is really about, except in vague hints - there are 9 main character-cards (there are mystic Tarot like cards around which the action revolves) and each but the 9th (who was quite a surprise, though 8 was a bit of a shock too as we saw him earlier without any inkling...) is the pov of parts 1-8 (which have the respective title cards, while the two of swords has not yet been seen), while 9 goes back to the character from 3 (card - Poverty, a very important face card) who also appeared in 2 and 6 and is the most intriguing one to a large extent<br /><br />Last Witness was good too, but more in the Blue and Gold vein (unreliable, unlikable, multiple malefactor narrator one of whose earlier mis-deeds will come back to haunt him...) and I liked Maps, Bird, Room (the other similar first person unreliable narrator etc etc) somewhat better<br /><br />What i would really like is a sequel to Savages as it definitely begs one...Liviuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04615405766065227026noreply@blogger.com