House of Open Wounds

, #2

English language

Published Dec. 6, 2023 by Head of Zeus.

ISBN:
978-1-0359-0137-1
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5 stars (4 reviews)

City-by-city, kingdom-by-kingdom, the Palleseen have sworn to bring Perfection and Correctness to an imperfect world. As their legions scour the world of superstition with the bright flame of reason, so they deliver a mountain of ragged, holed and scorched flesh to the field hospital tents just behind the frontline.

Which is where Yasnic, one-time priest, healer and rebel, finds himself. Reprieved from the gallows and sent to war clutching a box of orphan Gods, he has been sequestered to a particularity unorthodox medical unit.

Led by 'the Butcher', an ogre of a man who's a dab hand with a bone-saw and an alchemical tincture, the unit's motley crew of conscripts, healers and orderlies are no strangers to the horrors of war. Their's is an unspeakable trade: elbow-deep in gore they have a first-hand view of the suffering caused by flesh-rending monsters, arcane magical weaponry and embittered enemy soldiers.

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reviewed House of Open Wounds by Adrian Tchaikovsky (The Tyrant Philosophers, #2)

Accomplished world expansion

5 stars

Great character driven fantasy writing. This second part of the series sweeps out from the cityscape limits of the first book. In doing so it puts flesh on the bones of a world that is inhabited by authentic and interesting protagonists. The magic feels fresh, and does not get in the way of a good story. There is art here in subtle nods to a bigger backdrop without losing the gravity of the key players in the process. Love it!

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