Synopsis
Grog is a brute (half Human, half Ukar) slave raised from birth to fight in the pits for the entertainment of the crowds. He is content with his role in the city, proud of his barracks, and in awe of his owner, the sour Master Horne. Life, by Grog’s reckoning, is good.Then an enigmatic churchwoman enters his life, and Grog finds himself swept from the city which has been his entire world, to travel and learn amid as strange a group as he has ever seen. He knows nothing of the group’s mission, just that his skills are necessary and the quest is ‘a good thing’. But slowly, on this strange journey of both distance and spirit, Grog learns of the goal his new employer pursues, and its role in a troubled world. More importantly, he learns the value, and price, of freedom, and neither aspect is anything like what he imagined.A fast-paced fantasy novel by the author of the popular Dream series (and eighteen other novels), Grog takes the reader on a journey through an embattled Empire and a world in which things are seldom as simple as one expects.
Review
My first foray into R.W. Krpouns worlds, and it was a fantastic fun Sword and Sorcery adventure with this sword wielding giant brute half human, half Ukar, and slave Grog. Can’t wait to see where Grogs next and adventure brings us.
Grog is the first book in The Ebon Blades series. If you’re a fan of old style fantasy and authors like Raymond E Feist, R A Salvatore, and Janny Wurts, then I can thoroughly recommend RW Krpoun’s Ebon Blades books.
This book had me hooked from the first page and kept me glued to the very end. Extremely well written. It has a fantastic plot, deeply enriched characters with excellent dialogue between giving you some comical moments throughout. A great ensemble cast with characters who you will love and grow to care about.
If you love one on one combat scenes, this book is riddled with blood curdling action-packed goodness and will satisfy your thirst in this slicer and dicer romper.
Good world building, a likeable point of view protagonist with a strong moral compass.
Grog is a brute half human, half Ukar (orc) has been a slave from birth. Grog is the champion of the fighting pits and makes his master Horne a lot of money. Grog is content with his role in the city, proud of the barracks he grew up in, and his Ebon Blades status, but that is all about change forever when he sold to enigmatic churchwoman and her group of mercenaries.
First time leaving his home, Grog, excepts his masters decision, a mission that will take him on a journey across an embattled empire full of wild Ukar, monsters, and hateful humans that would see him chained and enslaved again. Can Grog earn his freedom and live up to his new role as he learns that freedom might not be what he expected it to be in this big dark world.
It’s a fun roller coaster of a read. I look forward to reading the next book in the series. Highly recommended…🗡🪓🔥
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