Title: Disappointing
Review: The first book in this series "Shadows Daughter" was excellent, this book however is not. But it also, except for the name of the main character, has almost no relation to the first book at all. The break in characterisation and culture from the first is completely jarring. This is an action book from start to finish and Stirlings heavy hand is all over it. Not that I dislike Stirling, when he is on form he is a good writer, but this book shows him almost at his worst. It was, I think, supposed to be a collaboration with Meier, but ended up being just another Stirling battle and gore fest. As a stand alone Conan with a sex change type novel it is only bearable. As a sequel to an excellent beginning novel it is simply trashy.
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