![]() First, one of the squires of the Green Order, a devout young woman who, to that point, seems only interested in becoming a knight, for no apparent reason, forsakes her vows and throws herself at Heden. Near the midpoint, there is a collision of head scratchers that nearly made me put the book down. ![]() Then the book hit its first major snag for me. The character of Heden, though, and the mystery of the Green Order, kept me interested and turning pages. I’m a former gamer, but I really don’t like my books to feel like the storyline of a campaign. I kind of cringed every time Colville used the word “campaigner” because it gave me more of the D&D feel. ![]() In the early going, though, you can almost hear the dice tumbling in the background. “Priest” moves along at a very fast pace. Heden must try to unravel what happened and get the order back on track to have any chance to save the people. ![]() The knights should be protecting a nearby city that is threatened by an army of urqs (read orcs), but they’re frozen and guilt-ridden by the death of their captain. Heden is sent by the bishop of his church to investigate a murder among a reclusive order of knights. In “Priest,” Matthew Colville introduces us to Heden, a sort of warrior priest. The second book in my journey through the Self Published Fantasy Blog Off finalists was enjoyable, but not quite as compelling as my first read. ![]()
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