![]() ![]() He will kill for it and die for it and never ask why. The penalty for trespass in either direction is death. Men occupy the land and demons own the sea. You can’t make sea demon sushi without slicing off a few limbs, right? ![]() Correia crafts his world as the demon eats the occupants like potato chips, the warrior following his bloody path on the way to an inevitable showdown. ![]() No wonder it takes me weeks to read a novel. I’m not sure the author wanted to inspire that particular imagery, but it’s my story and I can fill in the blanks the way I want to. I imagined it wearing a hospital-gown-inspired mumu. A high-caste warrior possessing–and possessed by–a near-sentient Ancestor Blade– must defend an entire village from a gargantuan man-eating monstrosity that has crawled out of the ocean. It opens with scenes of horrific violence. Son of the Black Sword begins with a dream of blood and helplessness. Can we refer to them in the future as the Undead Hugo Awards? No? It’s just that everyone wants them to be dead. Codex is glaring at me.Īpparently the Hugo’s aren’t actually dead. With the death of the Hugo’s, we’ve decided to focus on the Dragon Award nominees, and review some of our favorite books on the nominee list. She was finished with Larry Correia’s Son of the Black Sword in under three hours. Codex and I managed to read the exact same book, which is surprising because I can’t read and Codex psychically absorbs words. ![]()
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