Kingmaker's Sword

I very much enjoyed this once I understood what it was: Not a straight fantasy story, but one of the most original King Arthur retellings it has been my pleasure to encounter.

The opening of the first book is a bit confusing, and reads almost more like historic fiction/romance for a few chapters before becoming a fantasy series.

This book and this series is for someone who enjoyed Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain/Watson's retelling of the Mabinogi, and also enjoyed Mary Stewart's Merlin trilogy. It is a wonderful companion to the others.

First of 3 [The Rune Blade trilogy]

Sword and sorcery story. Nothing really groundbreaking here, but a lot of fun to read. Worth noting that it's told from the first person perspective by the warrior hero, though it's written by a female author, and it also features an equally strong warrior maiden.

The protagonist has a mysterious past, hidden even from himself.

4****

Not interested enough to even contemplate finishing it off. It simply felt formulaic and that is not what I am looking for right now. Perhaps one day I could return if I even felt the need to read of fantasy-Scots within a run-of-the-mill story.

ambientazione piacevolmente insolita per un classicissimo fantasy

TRAMA E FORSE SPOILER
schiavo orfano, che si scopre essere principe di due popoli, sconfigge conquistatore mago malvagio

(se non sbaglio sono due trilogie in cui in ogni libro protagonista e antagonista sono i figli dei precedenti)

It's been years since I last read this story, so it's nice to know my memory is still pretty accurate in how great this story is. Definitely reading the rest of the series.