It strays from classic sword and scorcery type books in that it has very little real conflict of arms. The makings are there for subsequent books that may have more but this one is about intrigue and a curious relationship between the two main characters. Both Parno and Dhuyn are interesting in their own rights, but their relationship is the bright light of this book.
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Reviewed by Christina Wantz Fixemer on 09/22/2007 Members of the Mercenary Guild, Partners Dhulyn Wolfshead and Parno Lionsmane are accustomed to danger. Their fighting spirit is summed up in their ritualized parting: "In Battle," to which another Mercenary replies "Or in Death." When they arrive in the land of Parno's birth, they are shocked to find homicidal hostility toward the Marked--people born an ability to Find,...
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The two Mercenary Brotherhood members, psychic Dhulyn Wolfshead and former noble Parno Lionsmane, are assigned a relatively simple task. They need to escort orphaned Mar-eMar to her royal relatives at Tenebro House in Gotterang, Imrion. The pair expects a quick trip with no issues. Instead the supernatural magical Marked have reasons known only to them to prevent them from succeeding. Meanwhile the zealous New Believers...
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I really enjoyed this book. On the surface, it is a standard sword-and-sorcery novel with incredible swordsmen, barbarians, snivelly townsfolk, and evil magicians plotting destruction. But it's more than that: each character is solidly portrayed, with development and growth that is believable. Each character makes a choice/choices, both good and bad, that have consequences. Some of the decisions of the characters are...
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