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|author= Jennifer Fallon
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|pages=736
|publisher= Orbit
|date= August 2008
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''Warrior'' is the second novel in Jennifer Fallon's Hythurian Chronicles. It is a complex political thriller full of breathtaking twists and turns, where terrible acts of human greed and frailty are set against family love and interdependence. The sprawling Wolfblade clan are beautifully portrayed, especially the dynamics of the children, who grow to adulthood in the course of the book. They give this novel a warmth that is lacking in Wolfblade, the first in the series.
As in [[Wolfblade by Jennifer Fallon|book one]], Fallon demonstrates a fine grasp of politics and pacing, effortlessly weaving together the strands of many subplots, some begun in the first novel. A little disappointing is the predictable middle-eastern style bad guy, just waiting at the borders of the country to invade. Though King Hablet is a three-dimensional character throughout and thoroughly believable as a person. In fact , characterisation in this novel is outstanding, the actions and reactions of all the characters seem natural and realistic, even, brilliantly, the more terrible ones. There is less of the magical realm of the Harshini this time roundaround, which was not one of my favourite aspects of the first novel. And though magic makes its appearance, it takes a back seat to politics and human manoeuvrings.
I was a little put off by some of the language, as it is a little twenty-first century in places, which jars and disrupts the atmosphere. And the book takes a while to get going, the action really only blossoming in the second half. However, when it starts to move plot and action come thick and fast and the cliffhanger ending leaves the reader gasping for more.
''Warrior'' is the second instalment of an epic, a story spanning many years and covering vast events, both political and personal. Fallon really puts her characters through the ringerwringer, forcing some to undergo terrible ordeals, and killing off others with a ruthlessness Marla Wolfblade would be proud of. And be warned, the promise of much more to come in the last few chapters may make reading, ''Warlord'', the last in the trilogy, a must.
I'd like to thank the publishers for sending a copy to The Bookbag.
Further reading suggestion: [[Wolfblade by Jennifer Fallon]](you should have read this first...) and the next part: [[Warlord (Wolfblade Trilogy) by Jennifer Fallon|Warlord]].
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