![]() The first character of import is Doctor Adoulla Makhslood. ![]() The story itself revolves around two main characters, but has about six that get page time. ![]() So I wasn’t too worried about the length, but it definitely wasn’t a plus. Not exactly what I’ve come to expect from fantasy fare, but THRONE had mostly been touted as a Sword & Sorcery novel (and those are usually shorter). My first impression of the book: Holy freaking cow, this thing is short! The hardcover weighs in at a whopping 288 pages. After sampling some of his short stories (finding quite a few that I liked) and noting the large number of positive reviews that seemed to be floating around the web about THRONE, I finally found a slot and wedged the book solidly into my schedule. ![]() THRONE OF THE CRESCENT MOON ( Amazon) is the first long-form work of author Saladin Ahmed, and one that I was fairly interested in reading. Was the debut good as compared to other novels? Or, perhaps, was it just good for a debut novel? Or was it good at all, for that matter? At times I think I’m coming to a point of convergence on the issue, but at others I still wonder. There are numerous questions that always raise their heads, not the least of which pertain to the standards that I hold debuts to in relation to other books. It’s always an interesting experience to sit down and try to write a review on a debut novel. ![]()
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