Paladin's Hope (Saint of Steel)
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4.3 • 6 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
Piper is a lich-doctor, a physician who works among the dead, determining causes of death for the city guard's investigations. It's a peaceful, if solitary profession . . . until the day when he's called to the river to examine the latest in a series of mysterious bodies, mangled by some unknown force.
Galen is a paladin of a dead god, lost to holiness and no longer entirely sane. He has long since given up on any hope of love. But when the two men and a brave gnole constable are drawn into the maze of the mysterious killer, it's Galen's job to protect Piper from the traps that await them.
He's just not sure if he can protect Piper from the most dangerous threat of all . . .
Customer Reviews
Repetitive and Tropey
Honestly, Kingfisher is excellent at recreating your awkward High School relationship experience. It seems they like to sidestep continuity and previously claimed character traits to develop the same awkward, clunky Paladin eventually falling in love with a secondary subordinate protagonist.
Like, the mystery and combat you expect with a fantasy story is totally saturated in the Tropey “oh, we’re not a celibate order,” gentle flirting edging onto an almost-smut love scene before the mystery crescendos to a tidy end. The first one was handedly the best, but abandoning continuity to make characters fit into the same boring mold does not make a good saga.