Mr. Valiquette's prose is impressively vivid and muscular. It evokes a visceral response from the reader, who happily immerses herself in the story's complex ecosystem of haunting characters.
Flintlock epic fantasy that’s a bit dark without going all grimdark. A condemned witch and a traumatized soldier on the run refuse to become the pawns of dead gods who want to murder their parents and a living sword with dreams of genocide.
