![]() I, very obviously, do not like this sort of writing. After nine pages a mentor-figure shows up and utters the first dialogue of the book.Īt this point it felt like the prologue ends and the book starts-and seriously tries to make up for lost time with intense over-writing absolutely dedicated to giving every thing at least one color. ![]() He stresses, rakes a rock-garden, and thinks. So Niko returns home and is weary from the world. I mean, Demon Drums was standalone-and not even part of a greater fictional universe-but felt like a sequel. Imagining this was like Forgotten Realms or Dragonlance where some books are absolutely standalone, I kept reading. It said it was part of a series called Thieves’ World, but it didn’t give a number. To make sure I wasn’t being foolish, I pulled Tempus up on Goodreads. ![]() ![]() This description eventually grows to incorporate Niko, but on the whole it mostly felt like a prologue and I had this overwhelming feeling like I walked into the second or third book in a series. Tempus opens on an infodump describing two contradictory kingdoms in this world. Tempus opens on Niko-Yay!-returning home-actually, wait, scratch that. ![]()
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