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<blockquote data-quote="Teflon Billy" data-source="post: 3379832" data-attributes="member: 264">Ok, I wanted to chime back in on this thread before it falls out of the memories of all who posted.It looks like I owe Paul Kemp an apology. The book I picked up is actually pretty good...easily head-and-shoulders above any other FR book I have read.The characters are well-realized and behave in believable (and non-&quot;alignment driven&quot;) fashions. They are also emotionally-driven characters, which in the past has meant reading internal &quot;whining&quot; from characters written in a manner that would lead you to beleive the author hadn't had any worldly experience in&nbsp; his life, but in this case means that their emotional drives are both credible and readable.&nbsp;&nbsp; The plot is interesting, involving and &quot;high-stakes&quot; without seeming like another &quot;Good Sets out to Save the World From Evil&quot; scenario. Also, in the past an Assassin protagonist would've been an excuse for the author to engage in all manner of dark, brooding teenage sulking. The author has avoided that and actually managed to present us with that oldest of chestnuts&nbsp; &quot;the repentant assassin&quot; and made it seem fresh.&nbsp; Some points of character (Azriim's concern with his personal appearance) seem a bit forced and heavy-handed, but the few bitches I have with the book are vastly overshadowed by the positives on the page.So yeah, looks like I might need to rethink my &quot;RPG Fiction is Crap&quot; stance, at least in regards to this author.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Teflon Billy, post: 3379832, member: 264"] Ok, I wanted to chime back in on this thread before it falls out of the memories of all who posted. It looks like I owe Paul Kemp an apology. The book I picked up is actually pretty good...easily head-and-shoulders above any other FR book I have read. The characters are well-realized and behave in believable (and non-"alignment driven") fashions. They are also emotionally-driven characters, which in the past has meant reading internal "whining" from characters written in a manner that would lead you to beleive the author hadn't had any worldly experience in his life, but in this case means that their emotional drives are both credible and readable. The plot is interesting, involving and "high-stakes" without seeming like another "[I]Good Sets out to Save the World From Evil[/I]" scenario. Also, in the past an Assassin protagonist would've been an excuse for the author to engage in all manner of dark, brooding teenage sulking. The author has avoided that and actually managed to present us with that oldest of chestnuts "the repentant assassin" and made it seem fresh. Some points of character (Azriim's concern with his personal appearance) seem a bit forced and heavy-handed, but the few bitches I have with the book are vastly overshadowed by the positives on the page. So yeah, looks like I might need to rethink my "RPG Fiction is Crap" stance, at least in regards to this author. [/QUOTE]

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