The widow's house

530 pages

English language

Published May 4, 2014

ISBN:: 978-0-316-20398-2
OCLC Number:: 867715864

(1 review)

"THE RISE OF THE DRAGON AND THE FALL OF KINGS Lord Regent Geder Palliako's war has led his nation and the priests of the spider goddess to victory after victory. No power has withstood him, except for the heart of the one woman he desires. As the violence builds and the cracks in his rule begin to show, he will risk everything to gain her love or else her destruction. Clara Kalliam, the loyal traitor, is torn between the woman she once was and the woman she has become. With her sons on all sides of the conflict, her house cannot stand, but there is a power in choosing when and how to fall. And in Porte Oliva, banker Cithrin bel Sarcour and Captain Marcus Wester learn the terrible truth that links this war to the fall of the dragons millennia before, and that to save the world, Cithrin must …

"THE RISE OF THE DRAGON AND THE FALL OF KINGS Lord Regent Geder Palliako's war has led his nation and the priests of the spider goddess to victory after victory. No power has withstood him, except for the heart of the one woman he desires. As the violence builds and the cracks in his rule begin to show, he will risk everything to gain her love or else her destruction. Clara Kalliam, the loyal traitor, is torn between the woman she once was and the woman she has become. With her sons on all sides of the conflict, her house cannot stand, but there is a power in choosing when and how to fall. And in Porte Oliva, banker Cithrin bel Sarcour and Captain Marcus Wester learn the terrible truth that links this war to the fall of the dragons millennia before, and that to save the world, Cithrin must conquer it"--

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Kadomi reviewed The widow's house by Daniel Abraham (The dagger and the coin -- 4)

Review of "The widow's house" on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

3 to 3.5 stars. At the beginning of the book I was expecting for the book to rock hard, because of Inys waking up, but there was way too little dragon time, few glimpses of the past, and instead more war, war, war. I no longer feel like I have a handle on Cithrin who is an interesting character, but I just don't get her anymore. Maybe it's me and I simply don't understand her latest schemes anymore.

In any case, it's still an enjoyable series, but the previous book remains the pinnacle so far, IMHO.

Subjects

Orphans
Generals
Imaginary wars and battles
War stories
Fiction