It is so frequently written that it does rather cast a bizarre hue on the tale, but one that is easy enough to ignore. The only real weakness and inexperience that the author shows (I can't believe anyone picked up on before it went to print) is that everyone seems to walk around grinning and smiling like idiots at one other the whole time.
The story is good, it inevitably ticks a lot of the inevitable boxes such as the unlikely connection between the lead character and a wild animal that somehow seems to occur in almost every fantasy novel that I read, but it is a good story that is well crafted and paced. I'm listening to the book again a few years after I first read it. They would be wise to seek out both, for if the Black Sun gains ascendancy, mankind’s hopes and dreams will fall to dust. Prophesy indicates darkness and light will demand two champions, the Black Sun and the Bright Star. High King Aquilus summons his fellow kings to council, seeking an alliance in this time of need. Then there will be a war to end all wars. Sorrow will darken the world as angels and demons make it their battlefield. Those who can still read the signs see a threat far greater than the ancient wars. But now giants stir anew, the very stones weep blood, and there are sightings of giant wyrms. Although the giant clans were broken in ages past, their ruined fortresses still scar the land. The Banished Lands has a violent past where armies of men and giants clashed in battle, the earth running dark with their heartsblood.
Only when he loses those he loves will he learn the true price of courage. He yearns to wield his sword and spear to protect his king’s realm. Young Corban watches enviously as boys become warriors, learning the art of war.
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