City of Blades (2015)
Robert Jackson Bennett
This story begins five years after the action in City
of Stairs. Shara Komayd plays only a small, distant role in the book. Sigruid plays a significant, if somewhat
unsatisfying role. We are introduced to
his daughter. The lead character in City of Blades is General Turyin
Mulaghesh. The action takes place in the continental city of
Voortyashthan. While a harbor is being
built in the city to increase trade a new ore is found with remarkable – if not
miraculous – properties. Here we go
again… Bennett does much more than
concoct a tale about long gone Gods who still have an effect on the
present. He brings a complex character
like Mulaghesh alive through her back story and the choices she makes
throughout the plot. She is truly a much
more interesting character then one would have thought from City of Stairs.
I found it interesting that the
figure of the giant monstrous “mother” again echoes so similar to that seen in
American Elsewhere. Bennett must have
some sort of mother concept. Sigruid is
apparently featured in the City of Miracles climax which I am
looking forward to. This book leaves him
on the run.
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