The Sword and Laser discussion

Hey all,

I was thinking about starting The Thousand Names or The Warded Man in the next couple of months or so. Has anyone read one or both of these books? If so can you comment on the quality of these? I am leaning toward the Thousand Names at the moment, but I am willing to be sway. Thanks

I haven't read The Warded Man yet, but Thousand Names was very enjoyable. At least if the idea of crossing fantasy with Napoleonic wars sounds interesting to you.

It starts out more military fiction, but gets fantastical later.

You can read my full review if so inclined: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Thank u Rob. Anyone else? Can anyone else comment on these books?

Haven't read The Thousand Names, but I did recently finish The Warded Man and it was an instant favorite for me. The story was completely captivating, plot moved at a great pace and the characters felt very real and fleshed out. Plus the world was pretty original and interesting. Couldn't recommend that one enough

I've only read Demon Cycle so it has my vote.

enjoyable but not perfect

I have TTN but haven't read it yet. I vote for that cause the author was super cool and answered questions in my other group when they read the book.

Thank u everyone for your input. I'm still not sure which I will read first but it's good to know that both come recommended.

Haven't read The Thousand Names but The Warded Man (or The Painted Man in the version I read) was great.

Brian wrote: "Thank u everyone for your input. I'm still not sure which I will read first but it's good to know that both come recommended."

And thank you, good sir, for this thread because I added The Thousand Names to my to-read list! Hadn't heard of it before but seems cool as hell

Israel wrote: "I thought The Warded Man was excellent, liked the second book, and am having trouble getting through the third."

Did it go off the rails or what?

It did. I think the problem is that he started talking.

Robin wrote: "It did. I think the problem is that he started talking."

Huh? Who is "he"?

"He" is the warded man, what's-his-face. He talks as a comic book Appalachian does. The extensive dialogue ruined the book for me.

I really enjoyed The Warded Man, but I couldn't get into the sequel. Haven't read The Thousand Names.

I enjoyed the Warded Man, but I must admit I wasn't left with any great desire to read the rest of the series.

I lemmed thousand names but could not put down Warded Man. I am eagerly awaiting book four of that series. So from me to you-definately Warded Man.

I'm not a big fan of character-driven stories so The Warded Man was a bit flat for me. Was better than most CD books, but would not read the sequels ...