The Jackal Of Nar (Tyrants & Kings) by John Marco  (23)
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As John Marco's Tyrants and Kings fantasy epic progresses, its emphases have shifted; by the third volume, The Saints of the Sword, his original hero, the talented turncoat commander known as the Jackal of Nar is only one of several viewpoint characters and the formerly villainous Biaggio has become one of the book's emotional centres. Along with the narcotic that kept him young, Biaggio has discarded his earlier ruthlessness--he wants peace. This is a world in which old allies are new enemies, and Biaggio is forced to recruit for his cause from the least likely of sources--men like Richius whom he tried for years to kill, or like the Saints of the Sword, religious nationalist terrorists who loathe everything he stands for. And yet, as he persuades first the magically gifted boy Alzarian and then Jelena the Queen of the maritime nation of Liss, he is, in spite of his past sins, the last best hope of civilization and peace.
As John Marco's Tyrants and Kings fantasy epic progresses, its emphases have shifted; by the third volume, The Saints of the Sword, his original hero, the talented turncoat commander known as the Jackal of Nar is only one of several viewpoint characters and the formerly villainous Biaggio has become one of the book's emotional centres. Along with the narcotic that kept him young, Biaggio has discarded his earlier ruthlessness--he wants peace. This is a world in which old allies are new enemies, and Biaggio is forced to recruit for his cause from the least likely of sources--men like Richius whom he tried for years to kill, or like the Saints of the Sword, religious nationalist terrorists who loathe everything he stands for. And yet, as he persuades first the magically gifted boy Alzarian and then Jelena the Queen of the maritime nation of Liss, he is, in spite of his past sins, the last best hope of civilization and peace.
Marco's approach here is surprisingly adult for what started as a more conventional fantasy; the moral evolution of Biaggio is plausible and the preparedness of his old enemies to compromise more sympathetically portrayed than one would have imagined two volumes earlier. --Roz Kaveney
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The new Emperor of Nar, Biagio wants peace. But no one will believe him and now he faces revolt from his generals. He has one last plan for survival. It is a plan that will bring together a young prince with secret magical powers and a tried and tested warrior. Together these two men could save the realm, or bring the world crashing around Biagio's shoulders. Fate has not finished with the Jackal of Nar. John Marco has created a richly imagined world full of characters with believable flaws and motivations fighting a war full of darkness shot through with the light of dangerous magic. In its plotting it compares to the best of Robert Jordan, in its depictions of characters caught up in epic conflict it bears comparison with the best of Harry Turtledove.
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