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 (1 review)

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.

Entrusted - …

2 editions

A sequel that is even better than the first book

5 stars

I think I might have enjoyed this book more than anything else I've read this year.

It was fun to read: - about a team that runs well because everyone uses their strengths to make up for each others weaknesses, - about what happens with Maric Jack after the big change for him at the end of City of Last Chances, how a wide variety of magic types can work together, - how various gods can fit into things, and - how everything all comes together for a satisfying conclusion.

I am eager for the next instalment, Days of Shattered Faith, due out in December 2024.