Blood of Assassins

Ah, Girton. How I want to throttle you sometimes. This book manages an impressive feat - it manages to make the main protagonist/hero extremely unlikeable at times with his sheer idiocy but at the same time strangely relatable and sympathetic.

Essentially a fantasy whodunnit, we follow Girton Clubfoots progress across the war ravaged land he lives in, his battles with controlling magic (which behaves in very dangerous ways in this world) and battles controlling his own prejudices. This time Girton is tasked with finding a spy. It is dark, gritty and brutal - the world here definitely takes no prisoners.

Despite the frustrations that Girton brings, you can't help but be drawn into his story, his very human failings and I cannot wait to see where it progresses from here.