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zraitor's review against another edition
4.0
I won't speak to how accurate the historical setting is, but it seemed all there to me. I just picked this one at random cause it looked to be action-packed, and boy it is ever...
But to my surprise, there are many characters being handled, and they are all fleshed out and well done. You'll see many POVs on Rome sending in this legion to conquer the land. It's certainly not just mindless action.
Of course, that being said, there is A LOT of action. While it's gory and fun I grew a little weary of it and it started to feel too repetitive after a while. Thankfully they pull out some new tricks in the final battle and let it end with a bang.
The Romans face a bunch of problems, thousands of Pict warriors, Bigfoot-like beastman, and strange magicks. Like the characters, it's handled pretty well.
Unless something went over my head, which is very possible, I didn't see what was so Lovecraftian about this. The land being old and strange creatures inhabiting before man is just usual myth and legends stuff. This isn't really a problem it just made me wonder what I missed.
The bulk of this is Roman soldiers battling beastmen, and as a one-off thing, I quite enjoyed it. I don't think I could read another book about this, but this one is definitely a fun read.
But to my surprise, there are many characters being handled, and they are all fleshed out and well done. You'll see many POVs on Rome sending in this legion to conquer the land. It's certainly not just mindless action.
Of course, that being said, there is A LOT of action. While it's gory and fun I grew a little weary of it and it started to feel too repetitive after a while. Thankfully they pull out some new tricks in the final battle and let it end with a bang.
The Romans face a bunch of problems, thousands of Pict warriors, Bigfoot-like beastman, and strange magicks. Like the characters, it's handled pretty well.
Unless something went over my head, which is very possible, I didn't see what was so Lovecraftian about this. The land being old and strange creatures inhabiting before man is just usual myth and legends stuff. This isn't really a problem it just made me wonder what I missed.
The bulk of this is Roman soldiers battling beastmen, and as a one-off thing, I quite enjoyed it. I don't think I could read another book about this, but this one is definitely a fun read.
vondav's review
5.0
We all know that the Romans invaded Britain. Not without trying the Pictdom fight back. With Greyman and ancient magic, have the Romans got a chance.
With Armies of thousands, there were quite a few characters that had their story to tell. August in charge of a troop, a German born who had moved up the ranks of the Legion, Rufus, August’s slave who whilst admire August hated the situation. Porcius, a spartan that loved to fight, General Malitus, whilst he liked a good drink, he still knew how to wield a sword. Fighting against the Romans were Drust, an aging wizard that could control the Greyman and Gonar his apprentice, the Weaver another powerful wizard who resurrected Queen Tancorix back to help the Pict defeat the Romans.
Whilst I knew how violent the Romans were (yes, I did watch Gladiators), the way these authors told this story was dark and gruesome. The graphic vivid description of the battles will please any horror fan. I have not read any of these authors work before and I found that the story flowed seamlessly. The story was told from both perspectives, the Romans and the Picts and whilst I am British I did find a few of the Romans fascinating and one of my favourite characters was Porcius, a soldier who took no nonsence.
Looking at all the categories that this book falls into, I can honestly say it ticks all the boxes. Reading this has made me curious in reading more of the authors work. A gore filled read
With Armies of thousands, there were quite a few characters that had their story to tell. August in charge of a troop, a German born who had moved up the ranks of the Legion, Rufus, August’s slave who whilst admire August hated the situation. Porcius, a spartan that loved to fight, General Malitus, whilst he liked a good drink, he still knew how to wield a sword. Fighting against the Romans were Drust, an aging wizard that could control the Greyman and Gonar his apprentice, the Weaver another powerful wizard who resurrected Queen Tancorix back to help the Pict defeat the Romans.
Whilst I knew how violent the Romans were (yes, I did watch Gladiators), the way these authors told this story was dark and gruesome. The graphic vivid description of the battles will please any horror fan. I have not read any of these authors work before and I found that the story flowed seamlessly. The story was told from both perspectives, the Romans and the Picts and whilst I am British I did find a few of the Romans fascinating and one of my favourite characters was Porcius, a soldier who took no nonsence.
Looking at all the categories that this book falls into, I can honestly say it ticks all the boxes. Reading this has made me curious in reading more of the authors work. A gore filled read
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