Much of the first half of the novella rests on the question of what Elinor will do (rescue Janen’s squad or get her own to safety). Thankfully, we’re talking about Elinor here – so when it becomes evident that Janen is as upright a man as Con has always suspected (that is to say not very), she doesn’t let her feelings get in the way, nor do we find ourselves mired in a tedious three-way love tangle (phew). An old flame from the Academy, Elinor may still harbour feelings for him.
We also get to meet another Reaper, Aldis Janen. Elinor may be disgraced and required to hand over her command to another Reaper, but Edmur and Petnar barely hesitate to follow her). Regardless of the political fall-out from Timberline, Elinor continues to ride high in the esteem of the men and women under her command (this is my only real gripe, in fact – I found the cover blurb slightly misleading. Edmur is particularly engaging, a sharp-tongued commoner who says what he thinks (and persuaded me I need to get on and read Best Left in Shadows as soon as possible). Once again, we get to enjoy Elinor and Con’s friendship this time, we also get a glimpse of their command in the shape of foreman Edmur and engineer Petnar. Broken Banners – its direct sequel, continuing Elinor’s tale – has a simpler task, and builds on the excellent foundations to deliver a strong follow-up. It had the impossible task of defining a world, a heroine, her allies and enemies and pulling together a story in a very limited page count.
My main criticism of A Reaper of Stone was that there wasn’t enough of it.
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