5 Stars
Astounding. I can only remember five books affecting me as this one did: two historical, one fantasy, two contemporary. Let me specify up front that the reader requires an extraordinarily strong stomach and heart. The gore level is elevated, but I reiterate that it is not here for the sake of Gore--this is not self-indulgence, nor Splatterpunk. This is historical Evil, legendary Evil, contemporary Narcissism, arrogance, and Evil. In the hands of some other author, this might be gross-out gore for gore's sake; but with this author, and a protagonist standing on this Higher Ground of moral excellence, the story is elevated far above crass violence.
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