Get Started On Hangmans Gate (War Of The Archons, #2) Narrated By Richard S. Ford Presented As Paper Edition

it's getting bumped up to five for Goodreads because the cover is so damned pretty,

Hangmans Gate picks up from the end of A Demon in Silver with a warlord under the rather badass name of The Iron Tusk on a conquering mission after having deposed killed the Emperor of the Shengen Empire.


Oh, and the Gods that havent been seen in a century have returned,

This is a recipe for a nice helping of violence,

One part of the story isnt really touched on a great deal, which is that of Innellan, It is mentioned that she is amassing power in the north several times but that is a story for the next book as this one focuses almost solely on the threat of the Iron Tusk.
Ford did a similar thing in Steelhaven and he pulled that particular style of storytelling off well there so I have no doubt hell do the same with this story too.


I immensely enjoyed reading about the characters, Josten is a great character and I always enjoy reading about him and I liked the way Livias story continued after the end of the end of A Demon in Silver and I am really looking forward to seeing what happens with her in the next book.
I also really liked Ctenkas journey throughout the course of the book, Another thing that I liked is that Ford takes a character you didnt give two shits about in book one coughHarrowcough and makes you give a shit about him.
I actually enjoyed reading his POV sections in this book and I thought his journey over the course of the story to be very well written,

On the whole, Hangmans Gate was an excellent read, I really like Fords writing style and he has a good balance between characters, plot and violence which is something I really like, The pacing is mostly good, there were a few places where I thought it was suffering a little from middle book syndrome and it dragged a little but then something utterly exciting would happen and Id forget that it had dragged.
It was a very quick read which I didnt want to put down and I ended up devouring it, The end of the book sets up the final book and it makes me want to finish this series desperately,

I cannot wait to see how it ends,
I enjoyed bookbut it was too samey with lots of other similar genre books, I gave booka go and unfortunately I detested the two leading male characters and as such shall not follow through with book, This book is fine but not much better than that Really enjoying this book series! I was dubious about bookin the beginning, being introduced to yet more new characters that I had no emotional ties to.
But I soon found myself warming up to them and continuing the adventure! I am really liking these books, Enjoying Ford's style. He frequently starts a chapter from somewhere unknown and weaves a nice resolve towards the end of the book, Several times I thought I was lost or had forgotten part of the narrative only to find out I was being told it in a manner I felt I knew it.


The war in the second book is getting a bit more serious and the characters from the first book develop well, where I had thought they were to be a footnote for a while.


Things start to become clearer and the style is what I would describe as quite clever, Looking forward to the third, Theres no denying it, R, S Ford can write a book, My journey into the War of the Archons trilogy started with A Demon in Silver myreview and what a great start to the trilogy it was, Happy to report that Ford continues the story strongly and on a consistent wave,

Whilst bookdelivered more on the unexpected and exciting twists it truly was like a rollercoaster ride with every page turn, Hangmans Gate doesnt simply rely on the element of surprise and rather crashes the scene like a solid, gymgoing middle sibling who will take the same respect as the older sibling, thank you very much.
Sometimes the middle books in trilogies are used a bit like fillers in between the awesome start and roaring finish, giving the reader just enough to keep them hooked but not enough to satisfy.
Hangmans Gate does not trick the reader so, it delivers its fullbodied adventure complete with balls and brawl and heart,

With the trilogy so far, Ford shows his strength in creating the interesting relationship dynamics, the world of the gods interlacing with the world of the humans.
Actually, the banter and skill to weave a lovely web of a world and setting arent the only strengths of writerly Ford he does battle scenes in a way that could keep the most uninterested interested.
Just enough to feel the whoosh of a battleaxe, but not so much as to make the eyes glaze over of the fairer sex,

I enjoyed that characters from bookwere making their presence known, especially as they continued their storylines where they left off at the end of A Demon in Silver.
And the new characters made their entrance with a bang, in Ctenkas case with a weak squealy puff of air, but hey there are great bloody things to look forward to in bookI simply cannot wait! And wait long I must not book, The Spear of Malice, will be published in June this year! Wootwoot!

As this is a sequel, there isnt much I will be revealing in terms of plot aintnobodygottimeforspoilers There are quite a few interesting twists and a solid progression of the story.
Know this with gods at war and humans meddling in between anything can happen,

Now If I do have one criticism, its that I would have loved more of Josten on a pirate ship with the crazies that shit was wicked entertaining! XD Bra oppfølger til første bok.
Hangman's Gate is more refined than Demon In Silver, but the story took off into less interesting direction, It doesn't really continue the story of the first novel, Instead, it starts to tell a story about what was going on around the first novel's story, And this story felt a lot less personal, Im on the side of other reviewers who have been annoyed by constant new characters and overly long back stories, There are some very cool things that happened in the story, but the buildup didnt meet the payoff, IMO, The Iron Tusk is coming, . . The Bandit Clans have been united, Shengen subjugated and now they march west along the Skull Road, . All that stands in Iron Tusks way is the mountain fortress of Dunrun, . . And a rag tag forgotten force of militia,
The fortress has seen better days the defenders have either seen too many days or not enough and now

the impossible is asked of them, But in their numbers are some with Iron in their blood, . . The old gods are clawing their way back into the world and dragging magic with it, . . To save a country the unmovable must resist the unstoppable, A great character driven story with wonderful world building, . . Fast, furious and bloody action this is a wonderful second book in the War of the Archons epic fantasy series, Well worth a read I liked it, but I feel like the whole book was written to set up book, You never really got a lot of story from Silver or Olivia it was a very small part of the book, but you did get more history on the male characters from the first book.
The highly anticipated sequel to A DEMON IN SILVER , HANGMAN'S GATE continues the epic saga of the War of the Archons

After uniting the bandit clans, the Iron Tusk has swept into Shengen and taken control of the empire.
With an army behind him, he marches along the Skull Road, ready to lay waste to the lands in the west, The mountain fortress of Dunrun and its ragtag defenders are all that stand in his way,

With their country besieged on all sides, troubling rumours of a priestess amassing power in the north, and unnatural alliances to the south, no help is coming.
Alone, they must hold back the inhuman powers of the Iron Tusk, or see life as they know it come to an end,

The old gods have returned,