So, is Black Bottle maintaining that level of greatness? As far as I'm concerned, not really. The ending wasn't completely successful but it left interesting threads open, I liked Huso's vision. Moreover, the two main characters were more than compelling. I found that the author's writing was spectacular with some of its own vocabulary, a voluminous dose of stylistic phrasing a great prose. There were also some gritty elements and a significant level of weirdness. In my review of The Last Page, I chose the term Chemiostaticpunk-fantasy to describe it. Caliph is the only connection left to her former life, but it’s his blood that Sena needs to see her plans through to their explosive finish.Īnthony Huso's first two books can't be categorized simply as Fantasy novels. As Sena’s bizarre actions threaten to unravel the summit, Caliph watches her slip through his fingers into madness.īut is it really madness? Sena is playing a dangerous game of strategy and deceit as she attempts to outwit a force that has spent millennia preparing for this day. They have learned that the seed of Sena’s immense power lies in an occult book, and they are eager to claim it for their own.ĭesperate to protect his people from the southern threat, Caliph is drawn into a summit of the world’s leaders despite the knowledge that it is a trap.
His consort, Sena Iilool, both blamed and celebrated for this act, finds that a macabre cult has sprung up around her.Īs this news spreads, Stonehold-long considered unimportant-comes to the attention of the emperors in the southern countries. Tabloids sold in the Duchy of Stonehold claim that the High King, Caliph Howl, has been raised from the dead. It's been resting for a while on my reading pile for unknown reasons. Black Bottle was released on August 21st 2012.
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It was the debut novel of Anthony Huso, a video game designer, and the series was planned as a duology from the start. Black Bottle is the follow-up to my favorite novel of 2010, The Last Page.
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