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Update on The Pearls
From page 2 of The Pearls
A sentence or two later, peasants come out of their homes to incuriously watch Lord Vordachai and his men pass. Jokes about the above aside, I think perhaps "incurious" is not the way to describe people who come out of their houses to watch someone go by. I think maybe she meant "guardedly" or "blankly."
I haven't run across anything that obviously off in the rest of the chapter, but you'd think that the first few pages of the book would be given an especially careful line-by-line edit, wouldn't you?
Aside from that, the first chapter introduces Shadrael, our male protagonist, who is SO BADASS that when he was in the army, he GAVE UP HIS SOUL in an ARMY BET (and, presumably, gained some magical powers in return, which hasn't come up in more than passing yet). He CASTS NO SHADOW.
Lord Vordachai,sexual peccadillos aside, is a large shouty bearded man and probably should be envisioned as being played by Brian Blessed.
According to hints in the book that refer to "legions" and "imperial" this-and-that and a couple of other hints, I deduce this is really supposed to be sort of Roman or Byzantine in culture. However, the cover depicts (presumably) Shadrael wearing armor that to my untutored eye looks rather 15th century European, and the Lady Lea is dressed up to attend a Renaissance festival, in a long skirt and a corset and shirt vaguely reminiscent of depictions of Gypsies in the late 19th century. She is wearing a cloak whose edges do not meet in front of her, rendering it useless for warmth or protection, and which comes with built-in shoulder guards should she wish to participate in a spontaneous game of American football at any point during her abduction.
Note that in the cover, Shadrael's cloak and hair is billowing out dramatically, as is a banner in the background, while if you look at Lea's clothing and hair, she appears to be enclosed in a force field that does not allow for any movement of air at all. Perhaps she will asphyxiate soon.
The rest of Shadrael's troops appear to be left-handed, while he is right-handed. And just how phallic is that sword, after all?
* Word to the wise: if you do not know what it means, do not, under any circumstances, look up "fisting" at work, on a public computer, or with small children or squeamish family members in the room.
Burly, bearded, clad in armor, and fisting a stout war mace studded with steel spikes, Lord Vordachai was neither a prudent man nor one that any prudent thief would dare attack.I ... don't think I'd attack him, either.*
A sentence or two later, peasants come out of their homes to incuriously watch Lord Vordachai and his men pass. Jokes about the above aside, I think perhaps "incurious" is not the way to describe people who come out of their houses to watch someone go by. I think maybe she meant "guardedly" or "blankly."
I haven't run across anything that obviously off in the rest of the chapter, but you'd think that the first few pages of the book would be given an especially careful line-by-line edit, wouldn't you?
Aside from that, the first chapter introduces Shadrael, our male protagonist, who is SO BADASS that when he was in the army, he GAVE UP HIS SOUL in an ARMY BET (and, presumably, gained some magical powers in return, which hasn't come up in more than passing yet). He CASTS NO SHADOW.
Lord Vordachai,
According to hints in the book that refer to "legions" and "imperial" this-and-that and a couple of other hints, I deduce this is really supposed to be sort of Roman or Byzantine in culture. However, the cover depicts (presumably) Shadrael wearing armor that to my untutored eye looks rather 15th century European, and the Lady Lea is dressed up to attend a Renaissance festival, in a long skirt and a corset and shirt vaguely reminiscent of depictions of Gypsies in the late 19th century. She is wearing a cloak whose edges do not meet in front of her, rendering it useless for warmth or protection, and which comes with built-in shoulder guards should she wish to participate in a spontaneous game of American football at any point during her abduction.
Note that in the cover, Shadrael's cloak and hair is billowing out dramatically, as is a banner in the background, while if you look at Lea's clothing and hair, she appears to be enclosed in a force field that does not allow for any movement of air at all. Perhaps she will asphyxiate soon.
The rest of Shadrael's troops appear to be left-handed, while he is right-handed. And just how phallic is that sword, after all?
* Word to the wise: if you do not know what it means, do not, under any circumstances, look up "fisting" at work, on a public computer, or with small children or squeamish family members in the room.