The city stained red

(Bring down heaven -- book one)

630 pages

English language

Published March 25, 2015

ISBN:
9780316374873
OCLC Number:
879642563

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3 stars (1 review)

"A long-exiled living god arises. A city begins to break apart at the seams. Lenk and his battle-scarred companions have come to Cier'Djaal in search of Miron Evanhands, a wealthy priest who contracted them to eradicate demons -- and then vanished before paying for the job. But hunting Miron down might be tougher than even these weary adventurers can handle as two unstoppable religious armies move towards all-out war, tensions rise within the capital's cultural melting pot, and demons begin to pour from the shadows... And Khoth Kapira, the long-banished living god, has seen his chance to return and regain dominion over the world. Now all that prevents the city from tearing itself apart in carnage are Lenk, Kataria, a savage human-hating warrior, Denaos, a dangerous rogue, Asper, a healer priestess, Dreadaeleon, a young wizard, and Gariath, one of the last of the dragonmen"--

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Review of 'The city stained red' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Brief clarification: I think the main reason I didn't LOVE this is more to do with where I am in my life right now (overly busy, often too tired to really enjoy my reading time, and just generally feeling a bit flat -- little time to breathe and recharge).

But a Goodreads rating is about me and how I felt reading the book, more than some objective assessment of the book (well ... art), so I've selected the "I liked it" option, because I did.

I loved the opening, mind you. Really good.

I felt a bit lost through the middle, losing track of exactly how high the stakes were at any time, but, as mentioned, I suspect that had a lot to do with my own headspace.

Subjects

  • Imaginary wars and battles
  • Magic
  • Missing persons
  • Gods
  • Demonology
  • Fiction