Shadow of a Dead God

Mennik Thorn is a second rate mage. He's also kind of a fuck up. He gets on people's bad side and it's not even intentional. Barely scraping by a living, he's dragged by his best (and only) friend for a “simple” job. This was immediately after botching the job he was just on. Botched job means no pay...

The book doesn't necessarily start off slow...but for a quick bit there you kind of start to get over how seemingly pathetic Mennik is and how much he gets his ass kicked. Even the 11 year old isn't afraid of him. She's definitely way scarier than he is LOL. Then you get to the one page where it all makes sense. With one sentence you get it. Why he seems unambitious. Why he won't work for a mage and go up in rank. Why he wants nothing to do with the people in power, with power and about power. After that it's a wild ride.

Flawed and likeable characters, good world building, magic, fantasy, mystery and it was well done. I read it as an e book but this is a book I definitely want on my shelves. I'm on board for book 2.