The Briar King: Is it the Next Big Thing?

[nikolai]

The Briar King by J. Gregory Keyes has been recently released: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0345440668/104-0888963-8480720?v=glance. I keep on hearing people say it's very, very good http://www.sffworld.com/authors/k/keyes_gregory/sffreviews/briarking.html. Any first hand views?

 

[Harp]

I thoroughly enjoyed it; found it quite the page-turner, in fact. Though I didn't find it as strong a story as Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, or Guy Kay's work. Enjoyable nonetheless, however.

 

[WayneLigon]

It was a wonderful book with a great cast and some really evil bastards as villains. I'm really waiting for the second book.

 

[Nightfall]

Briar King is a great book. But it should come as no surprise since Keyes has written some great books, Black God, the whole parallel reality thing, etc. But I will say this was his most impressive work yet.

 

[GreenLantern]

I loved the book and can't wait for the second.

 

[Umbran]

The Briar King by J. Gregory Keyes has been recently released:

Recently? The book has been out for a year now. That's not terribly recent. If it were going to be the "next big thing", it would probably be a bit more noticible on the radar at this point.

 

[physicscarp]

Yeah, the paperback is being released on March, 30th and I am eagerly awaiting it. I really enjoyed the first two books of Keyes' Age of Unreason series and I'll be finishing the last two by March 30th.

Carp

 

[Pants]

The Charnel Prince is coming out in June or May, I think.

The Briar King was quite an enjoyable book, not the 'next big thing' but very enjoyable.

 

[ASH]

I am currently reading it. I am enjoying it a great deal...Not as much as Martin's books. I dont know if I would call it the next big thing, but I do like it.

I was not aware that it was the first in a series...????