I have only recently finished reading the final book charting the career of the awesome Warden in She Who Waits -- see my review here -- so was delighted to discover this latest slice of Polansky magic. Would I find this new epic fantasy as riveting?
Tall, strong, perfect -- for three thousand years Those Above have ruled over their human subjects. From the glittering aplaces of their eternal city they enforce their will with fire and sword. Twenty-five years ago mankind mustered an army and rose up against them, only to be slaughtered in a terrible battle. Hope died that day, but hatred survived. Whispers of another revolt are beginning to stir in the hearts of the oppressed: a personal servant who owes her whole existence to the perfect being she serves: a woman widowed in the war, who has dedicated her life to revenge: a general, the only man to ever defeat one of Those Above in single combat, summoned forth to raise a new legion: and a boy-killer who rises from the gutter to lead an uprising in the capital.
As you may have gathered from the blurb, this is a four-handed narrative in third person -- a contrast to the first person immediacy we got with the Warden's narrative of his struggles to prevail in Low Town.
Read more at Those Above, by Daniel Polansky | Fantasy | SFReader.com Book Review
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