Almost everyone is on the move some lags occur during the travel times.
#UNHOLY WAR MOONTIDE QUARTET SERIES#
This is a middle book in a four part series and as such spends a lot of time moving its pieces around. Gyle, spy and wannabe puppet master is by far my favorite to read about not a nice man but always involved.
Even characters of whose chapters I wanted to skip in earlier books are must read at this point a major thing in the series favor is there is no POV that is noticeably weaker than the others. Some to root for, some to root against, and some that you just can’t help to follow even if you are not quite sure how you feel about them. So if there isn’t a correct side to root for where is the reader’s emotional involvement to come from? The characters of course. And if one ‘culture’ shows you it’s worse side in one chapter then be assured a chapter soon after will have you realizing they represent only a fraction of that sides actually beliefs. Perhaps a reader’s cultural biases may have them thinking one side or the other is showing backward thinking but the narration itself is completely neutral. Made even better by scattering the point of view characters all over the map there is no right side to this conflict for a reader to gradually start rooting for. No single culture monoliths are present even within groups are being forced by circumstance to fight alongside each other divisions work deep. But Hair refused to take the easy route and make things as simple as Us vs Them, Black vs White, or dare I say, Christian vs Muslim. He built a fantasy version of the crusades, hardly an original through in fantasy. Not in a trope bending fashion, that doesn’t really explain it. I continue to be impressed by the way Hair takes some very familiar, almost trite, ideas and spins them in a new way. After a strong but uneven opening book the last two books have been very consistent lots of action, smart political plays, and a few surprises no matter how vigilantly one watches the text. The Moontide Quartet has everything I am looking for when I want a truly epic feel and Unholy War is a very worthy continuation of a good thing. Three books into a war spanning two continents- where the hell are you?įor reasons I can’t figure out David Hair’s epic series is flying somewhat under the radar.
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