Wonderfully detailed book, It took awhile to get going but I'm very glad I read it. The second book is even as good but don't read it before the first. Very good read.

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I got as far as page 206 before throwing it against the wall. There was not a single sympathetic character, and the endless cycle of sex, rape, betrayal, clunky convenient details dropped into the almost stream-of-consciousness plot, and non-sensenical scene changes with the reborn Minotaur had me quickly not caring what happened next. I'm not a big fan of fantasy anyway, but I'd hoped that the ancient setting would be a saving grace in the way that David Gemmell's trilogy failed. This one was e...more I got as far as page 206 before throwing it against the wall. There was not a single sympathetic character, and the endless cycle of sex, rape, betrayal, clunky convenient details dropped into the almost stream-of-consciousness plot, and non-sensenical scene changes with the reborn Minotaur had me quickly not caring what happened next. I'm not a big fan of fantasy anyway, but I'd hoped that the ancient setting would be a saving grace in the way that David Gemmell's trilogy failed. This one was even worse - the plot was completely incoherent, although the writing style & shallow characters were about on par with Gemmell. Blah. Avoid at all costs!

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Fantasy that is set in historical time periods is one of my favorites genres to read. This does not disappoint in that respect, nor do the other 3 books in the series. History and mythology is mixed in very well in this entire series. I highly recommend this start to the series.

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Good science fiction.

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