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Before The Fall by Francis Knight
Dec. 16th, 2013 10:51 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
Mahala is a city of contrasts.
Light and dark. Hope and despair.
Rojan Dizon just wants to keep his head down. But his worst nightmare is around the corner.
With the destruction of their power source, the vertical city of Mahala is in crisis. Riots are breaking out, mages are being murdered and the city is divided. But Rojan’s hunt for the killers will make him responsible for complete anarchy. Either that, or an all-out war. And there’s nothing Rojan hates more than being responsible.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Francis Knight’s fantasy noir sequel to FADE TO BLACK is richly imagined and really explores the consequences and fall-out from the first book. However, for me the plot took too long to get going and although I enjoyed Rojan’s inner battle with the blackness that threatens to drag him into full on mage insanity, his constant protestations as to his amorality wear thin as there is no danger of him not doing the right thing. There are some good twists but the overall feeling is one of filler and as such, although I didn’t enjoy it as much as the first book I will definitely read the conclusion to the trilogy.
Light and dark. Hope and despair.
Rojan Dizon just wants to keep his head down. But his worst nightmare is around the corner.
With the destruction of their power source, the vertical city of Mahala is in crisis. Riots are breaking out, mages are being murdered and the city is divided. But Rojan’s hunt for the killers will make him responsible for complete anarchy. Either that, or an all-out war. And there’s nothing Rojan hates more than being responsible.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Francis Knight’s fantasy noir sequel to FADE TO BLACK is richly imagined and really explores the consequences and fall-out from the first book. However, for me the plot took too long to get going and although I enjoyed Rojan’s inner battle with the blackness that threatens to drag him into full on mage insanity, his constant protestations as to his amorality wear thin as there is no danger of him not doing the right thing. There are some good twists but the overall feeling is one of filler and as such, although I didn’t enjoy it as much as the first book I will definitely read the conclusion to the trilogy.
