Hi Cara,
The review on my blog today is The City of A Thousand Faces. Walker Dryden is a pseudonym for the writing team. Mike Walker and John Scott Dryden.
John Scott Dryden is an award-winning writer and director, he is best known for his work in audio fiction.
Mike Walker is a series and play write. Some of his work include Caesears, Stuarts and Romanovs
A sweeping historical fantasy saga based on the hit podcast Tumanbay
Tumanbay: the most magnificent city on earth. The beating heart of a vast empire. A city of dreams – where those who arrived as slaves now reside in the seat of power.
But the wheel of fate is never still: from the gilded rooftops to the dark catacombs, there are secrets waiting to be uncovered.
For Gregor, Master of the Palace Guard, the work of rooting out spies and traitors is never done. His brother, the great General Qulan, must quell a distant rebellion. Whilst Shajah, chief wife to the Sultan, is suspicious that her new maid Sarah is not who she claims to be.
And a mysterious stranger arrives with a gift for the Sultan himself.
A gift that will change Tumanbay forever…
(Synopsis from Goodreads.com)
The City of a Thousand Faces is an Epic Fantasy with Cinematic Chapters.
The world of Tumanbay that Walker Dryden is a dark and dangerous city, where no secrets are truly secret. I don’t mind visiting Tumanbay but I wouldn’t want to live there.
Slavery is a big part in The City of a Thousand Faces, from characters that are slavery merchant, slaves and freed slaves. The way that slavery works in Tumanbay is different from other books I have read.
- Any person can become a slave. It doesn’t matter if you were born free, being in the wrong place, at the wrong time will make you a slave.
- A Slave can work their way out of Slavery to high positions in Tumanbay.
The City of A Thousand Faces has a lot of characters. There is a character list at the front of the book which helps otherwise I would have been lost. Also because there is a lot of characters I didn’t really feel an emotional connection to any of them. To be honest, I didn’t like most of them.
Additionally, the plot of The City of a Thousand Faces is interesting. I enjoyed that you see what’s happening from many different characters. As you see the impact of the Sultan gift on everyone. By having the multi-POV the book moves quickly, it also helped that the writing style is easy to read so you keep the speed up.
My Rating for The City of a Thousand Faces is 3.8 out of 5.
Thank you to Orion Books for supplying me with a physical copy of The City of a Thousand faces for a fair and honest review.
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