I played and enjoyed the iOS game Infinity Blade of which this novella is a sequel/prequel and so I downloaded this out of interest as the price wasn’t too high, even if it was just a novella. The game didn’t have much of a story, or even a story at all other than an interesting fantasy setting with some science fiction overtones littered through it so I wasn’t expecting too much from this but I finished it pleasantly surprised.
If you don’t know, the game tells the story of a knight who turns up a castle, makes his way through various enemies until he meets the God King whom he fights to the death and his descendants do the same for, well, infinity. Dialogue is spartan and often little detailed but it proved interesting and it led myself to wonder what it was all about. This story by Brandon Sanderson, a writer I knew nothing about, fills all the story ideas in and really fleshes out the characters in a way that the game only hinted at. I was gripped constantly by the story and it really does become involving and emotional at times. It doesn’t explain too much, most likely leaving the rest up to the sequel to the game that comes out next month but I would recommend this, even if you have never played the iOS game.
I also noticed the writer having written a series of book known as Mistborn. I’ll be checking that out after reading this.
