The Liar's Key

Hardcover, 496 pages

Published June 2, 2015 by Ace.

ISBN:
978-0-425-26880-3
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4 stars (1 review)

After harrowing adventure and near-death, Prince Jalan Kendeth and the Viking Snorri ver Snagason find themselves in possession of Loki's Key, an artefact capable of opening any door, and sought by the most dangerous beings in the Broken Empire including The Dead King. Jal wants only to return home to his wine, women, and song, but Snorri has his own purpose for the key: to find the very door into death, throw it wide, and bring his family back into the land of the living. And as Snorri prepares for his quest to find death's door, Jal's grandmother, the Red Queen, continues to manipulate kings and pawns towards an endgame of her own design.

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reviewed The liar's key by Mark Lawrence (The Red Queen's war -- 21)

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4 stars

A great step-up from the previous book, I can now understand why this was recommended to me. It was good! It's a travel story in reverse. In the previous book, Prince Jalan and Snorri fought their way north. But Snorri now has Loki's key, a key that will open any lock, and the various factions that play this game play their pawns in such a manner that they want Snorri to bring that key south. He however wants to use the key to unlock the gates to the death world, in order to see his family again.

Jalan, still our first person narrator, on the other hand, just wants to go back home. He wants to return to his life as spoiled noble, wenching and gambling. Jalan and Snorri get new travel companions, including a witch called Kara and a young boy named Hennan. They travel through the post-apocalyptic wasteland …