Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City: The Siege, Book 1
K. J. Parker's new novel is the remarkable tale of the siege of a walled city, and the even more remarkable man who had to defend it. A siege is approaching, and the city has little time to prepare. The people have no food and no weapons, and the enemy has sworn to slaughter them all. To save the city will take a miracle, but what it has is Orhan. A colonel of engineers, Orhan has far more experience with bridge-building than battles, is a cheat and a liar, and has a serious problem with authority. He is, in other words, perfect for the job. Sixteen Ways To Defend a Walled City 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 sufferings of great men may never be forgotten.
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This book was all over the place in terms of what it was and what I thought it would be. First the main character was not very enjoyable though I could see how some people could like him. The plot skipped around and went over a lot of stuff using the narrative that this is the MC’s journal. The engineering and solutions were good and no outstanding characters but they weren’t bad. The worst part in my opinion is the ending which I won’t spoil but it just kinda ends when you want a cathartic ending or at least too know what happened to the people you have spent time reading about. Overall I give it 4.5/10. Not bad and certainly people can like it but not my cup of tea
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