Blurb:
"When a routine hanging goes wrong and a murderer somehow survives the noose, the man announces he is an immortal. And not just any immortal, but Cayal, the Immortal Prince, hero of legend, thought to be only a fictional character, a figure out of the Tide Lord Tarot, the only record left on Amyrantha of the mythical beings whom the part-animal, part-human Crasii believe created their race.
Arkady Desean is an expert on the legends of the Crasii. At the request of her childhood friend, Declan Hawkes, the Kings Spymaster, she is sent interrogate this would be immortal, hoping to prove he is a spy, or at the very least, a madman.
Set the task of proving Cayal a liar, Arkady’s own web of lies, and that of her husband and the King’s Spymaster will start to unravel. Nothing is really as it seems around Cayal, the Immortal Prince — the lies seem plausible, his stories improbable and truth more than any of them bargained for."
My Thoughts:
I read this book in 2 and a half days, inbetween visiting wineries and going the beach whilst on holidays. It was a compelling read, and kept me up at night wanting to know what happened next. The characters had real depth, and the dialogue was intelligent and well composed. I actually needed a thesaurus for some of the more obscure words Fallon managed to slip in. That's probably just me not reading widely enough :)
The plot was intriguing enough even though the storyline was fairly straight forward (well, at least for Fallon). Cayal, the Immortal Prince, provides a suitably likable anti-hero. Fallon manages to evoke a fair amount of sympathy for an otherwise flawed and unlikeable main character. The character of Arkady Desean is equally as well constructed, although she is a fairly traditional (albeit strong willed) female protagonist.
The limited omniscient narrator switches between major and minor characters alike kept the story telling fresh and lively.
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