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Talking of it being in a series, ''Seven Kings''' does work as a stand-alone novel but the fact that we Shaper followers are only given sufficient recap to memory-jog, means you need to have read ''Princes'' in order to acquire all the nuance and history.
Although leaning more towards a more gory [[:CatergoryCategory:Ian Irvine|Ian Irvine]] stylistically, John R joins [[:Category:Michael J Sullivan|Michael J Sullivan]] in the 'no character's safe' school of writing, paying dividends. As there aren’t any guaranteed safety nets for anyone, the twists and crescendos are sharp and nerve wracking. Not all the characters seem well defined as we read it but that doesn't matter as the action ensures that our eyes are super glued to the words. Also by the end I could recite the who, where and what without notes so everyone is defined enough for us to engage and the geographical hopping is completely comprehendible as we jump from group to group with each chapter. Indeed, this is the antithesis of ''Seven Princes'', which I complained consists of a lot of people marching in different directions confusingly. What's created such a change between novels? Perhaps the new SF/fantasy editor starting at Orbit in late 2011 may have had something to do with it. However, the greatest editors can't work magic unless the author's talent is there and John R Fultz is very talented.
Fultz creates filmic mind-pictures with few words, contrasting scenes of beauty, devastation and spectacular battles. He can extract strong emotions with only a few words, a cross-pollination from his graphic novel talents. (Yes, that does mean that I cried over a couple of the deaths.)
If you've enjoyed this and have read [[Seven Princes: Books of the Shaper: Volume 1 by John R Fultz|Seven Princes]] and have enjoyed this, try [[Vengeance: The Tainted Realm: Book 1 by Ian Irvine]].
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