Priest of Gallows
Ratings12
Average rating4.5
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Ratings12
Average rating4.5
Gangster, soldier, priest. Queen's Man. Governor. 'If you haven't yet picked up this riveting and unique series, I highly recommend you do' Fantasy Book Critic Tomas Piety has everything he ever wanted. In public he's a wealthy, highly respected businessman, happily married to a beautiful woman and governor of his home city of Ellinburg. In private, he's no longer a gang lord, head of the Pious Men, but one of the Queen's Men, invisible and officially non-existent, working in secret to protect his country. The queen's sudden death sees him summoned him back to the capital - where he discovers his boss, Dieter Vogel, Provost Marshal of the Queen's Men, is busy tightening his stranglehold on the country. Just as he once fought for his Pious Men, Tomas must now bend all his wit and hard-won wisdom to protect his queen - even when he can't always tell if he's on the right side. Tomas has started to ask himself, what is the price of power? And more importantly, is it one he is willing to pay? 'If you like your fantasy with a side of dark and gritty, you won't want to miss this' CHRISTINA HENRY, bestselling author of The Girl in Red on Priest of Lies
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There is an intrinsic cleverness to the way the War for the Rose Throne has evolved over its 3 books so far. Whilst Priest of Bones was fantasy Mafia on a gang level, now with Priest of Gallows we have evolved into a full on Mafia state and it is fascinating and horrifying to watch at the same time. The structures which have been set up have a horrifying believability to them - you can kind of see examples of how they have been used by people seeking power in real life at times. And the sheer Machiavellian mastery of it all is brilliant.
Tearing back the levers of state we see how much is controlled by the Queen's Men. Tomas may be a Queen's Man but he has not been fully initiated into the organization. When the Queen dies and the succession begins the Queen's Men are called into action to leverage their influence. Succession as a gang war ensues. But are the Queen's Men really what they seem?
The War for the Rose Throne is one of those gems that has flown a bit under the radar. This is such a clever twist on fantasy and it truly deserves more recognition!
Dark undercurrents of dread and fear. Escalating violence as Tomas Piety begins to realise what he has actually got himself into, and what he is going to have to do
for he, and his friends and family, to survive.
Bring on the final installment.
This was no longer fantasy mobsters, like the excellent first 2 books, but fantasy espionnage - and a very dragged on and boring one. Probably just a filler book before the last one in the series, but now I am not interested in that one anymore, either. Dnf 60%.
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4 primary booksWar for the Rose Throne is a 4-book series with 4 primary works first released in 2018 with contributions by Peter McLean.
