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.
Good science fiction.
Intense and mythical
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!
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.
