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<blockquote data-quote="Ulfgeir" data-source="post: 8932812" data-attributes="member: 7015719">Just finished the book Knightingale by Jon Ford.It is the first in a series of novellas set in the same universe as his book The Scorched Sky. Which in turn was based on the old mmorpg City of Heroes. The next book in that series will be The Broken Ground and will take place 10 years after the events of The Scorched Sky.&nbsp; Knightingale though is a the first in a series called The Femme Fatales, and where The Scorched Sky was en ensemble cast, this one focuses fully on one character, and some of the important stuff that that character does in the time between the books.&nbsp; The author likened the main series as the Avengers films, and these novellas as the solo films for the characters.So the young heroine Gale Knightley, aka Knightingale, she is a healer, and has been studing to become a doctor. This book deals with what happens when she responds to a call, and loses a patient. How she just can't let go of that. She tries to find the answers to why, and what she could have doen differently. Her search for answers leads her to a deeep rabbit hole of doubt and insecurity, and she seems to take on more than she can handle.I really liked the novella, as it gave a good presentation of the character and what she went through, and eagerly await the next book. You don't have to have read The Scorched Sky to enjoy this one, but it helps, as it gives more background of who the other characters that pop up are. You should of course also like superheroics.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ulfgeir, post: 8932812, member: 7015719"] Just finished the book [B]Knightingale[/B] by Jon Ford. It is the first in a series of novellas set in the same universe as his book [B]The Scorched Sky[/B]. Which in turn was based on the old mmorpg City of Heroes. The next book in that series will be The Broken Ground and will take place 10 years after the events of The Scorched Sky. Knightingale though is a the first in a series called [B]The Femme Fatales[/B], and where The Scorched Sky was en ensemble cast, this one focuses fully on one character, and some of the important stuff that that character does in the time between the books. The author likened the main series as the Avengers films, and these novellas as the solo films for the characters. So the young heroine Gale Knightley, aka Knightingale, she is a healer, and has been studing to become a doctor. This book deals with what happens when she responds to a call, and loses a patient. How she just can't let go of that. She tries to find the answers to why, and what she could have doen differently. Her search for answers leads her to a deeep rabbit hole of doubt and insecurity, and she seems to take on more than she can handle. I really liked the novella, as it gave a good presentation of the character and what she went through, and eagerly await the next book. You don't have to have read The Scorched Sky to enjoy this one, but it helps, as it gives more background of who the other characters that pop up are. You should of course also like superheroics. [/QUOTE]

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