Blade of Tyshalle - Matthew Stover (
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Honestly... this took me for a ride, though I don't think it impacted me quite as much as reading
Heroes Die. Stover is an inventive fuck regarding the narrative, I'll give him that. I'm super disappointed to learn about some of his stylistic choices regarding the third and the fourth books in the series - I'm thinking I have a Hyperion/Endymion situation on my hands so I'm going to hold off on rushing into
Caine Black Knife. Definitely, as well as per the Hyperion comparison, would recommend that any Bakker fan read at least
Heroes Die and
Blade of Tyshalle as a duology.
Also, the first book I've ever read on a fucking phone

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