Military
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Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City by K. J. Parker — Book Review
This is the story of Orhan, son of Siyyah Doctus Felix Praeclarissimus, and his history of the Great Siege, written down so that the deeds and ... -
The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War #02) by R. F. Kuang — Book Review
History is a comedy of errors turned tragic, and that is knowledge Rebecca F. Kuang has a firm grip on. The Dragon Republic is the sequel ... -
SIXTEEN WAYS TO DEFEND A WALLED CITY by K. J. Parker (Book Review)
I leapt at this book with an enthusiasm born of an engineering background, an appreciation of historical sieges, a love of fantasy and a yearning for ... -
SIXTEEN WAYS TO DEFEND A WALLED CITY by K. J. Parker (Book Review)
Sometimes I adore an audio book, and it’s hard for me to tell how much of my enjoyment stems from the narration, and how much from ... -
Chains of the Heretic by Jeff Salyards
Chains of the Heretic is the spectacular denouement to a spectacular(ly underrated) series, each instalment of which is more thoughtful, more entertaining and more accomplished than ... -
Veil of the Deserters by Jeff Salyards
You’ll be pleased to know that I’m not here to bore you with generalised, hyperbolic gushing about how much I’m loving the world of Jeff Salyards’ ... -
The Black Company by Glen Cook
Much like Glen Cook, I’ll get straight to the point. The Black Company is compellingly narrated through a single PoV. Croaker is a physician and annalist working for a ... -
Scourge of the Betrayer by Jeff Salyards
Scourge of the Betrayer spent three years lurking amid the dusty, long-forgotten recesses of my TBR before social media put it back on my radar in 2016. ... -
Hawkwood’s Voyage by Paul Kearney
Hawkwood’s Voyage is a book I’ve been meaning to read for a long time. Kicking off Paul Kearney’s epic Monarchies of God series, it seems to have often been ...
