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I don't want to mislead anyone by referring to it as sword and sorcery. Actually there are no overt signs of sorcery either but, unless I'm imagining it, there seem to be delicious hints there for the future.
Indeed, there will be a future for this is the first in Den's ''Erebus Sequence'' trilogy and much has been pinned on it including a six-figure-sum by Gollancz and comparisons with Messrs Robin Hobb and [[:Category:Mervyn Peake|Mervyn Peake]]. (Speaking personally more Mr Hobb than Mr Peake, but I can see what they mean.)
So is it worth the hype? Yes, but it's not without a mild hiccup or two. Without giving anything away there are one or two moments when the high standard Den has set himself lapses. These come in the form of a couple of predictable spots and a hybrid of panto crossed with Dr Who get-out-of-gaol card towards the end. However that's only the smallest fraction of moments in an epic packed with good ideas and some flashes of greatness that more than make up for it.
