Re: Highlights and Lowlights - April 2025

On 5/5/25 3:34 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:

On 5/5/2025 2:15 PM, Tony Nance wrote:

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Highlights and Lowlights - April 2025
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( ++ 1/2) Sanctuary - Ilona Andrews [Roman Chronicles #1]
Novella-length, set in the Kate Daniels universe, and completely focused on Roman, who is a Black Volhv (empowered rep/priest) of Chernobog, God of Destruction, Darkness, and Death. (This does not mean God of Evil, by the way - more like being the God of the Difficult Necessities of Life.) Isolated on his 15 acres way out in the sticks, Roman finds a boy near death just outside his small home. When the boy specifically asks for sanctuary, Roman must comply. Shortly thereafter, some mercenaries come to retrieve the boy. When they fail miserably, they hire some mages to help. Things get very interesting when that fails as well. Roman is dour and pessimistic, but also funny, and I will read the next one.
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 "Sanctuary" was much better than I hoped.

I think I've read roughly 20 books/novellas by the authors, and I've enjoyed every one of them. And while I was pretty sure I would enjoy Sanctuary, it was better than expected.

Turns out that the life a Volhv Priest is fairly adventuresome.
 

I get the feeling that this is true for all magic users living in the Kate Daniels universe.
Tony