When Silas Brimstone is told by Beleth that he has to eliminate Pyrgus, his response is anything but Tolkienesque: "Piece of piss!"ĭespite moments of serious intent, this is a story intended to entertain rather than convert: fluent, self-confident, sometimes garrulous but always transfixing. Unlimited melodrama in contemporary writing often ends up choking on its own rhetoric, but Brennan avoids this by infusing his story with affectionate irony as characters are brought down to earth by humour. But Princess Holly Blue, Pyrgus's sister, is on hand to suggest other ways of solving problems, through intelligence and a more subtle courage. Pyrgus comes in for some severe punishment, and there is no shortage of graphic violence.
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