In this novel, we're brought face to face with the root of all EVVVVIIILLL... nyek nyek nyek... sorry, got carried away trying to sound "evil-lish" :-P let's restart... ahemm..
In this novel, we're brought face-to-face with the root of all EVIL. The EVIL which shall not be named (reminds me of Harry Potter) and which has rooted ITSELF on the face of planet Earth since the beginning of time. The kind of EVIL which can kill with just the shrill sound of its voice and with an armada of headless army called Blemmyae to protect its final bastion.
Like any other EVIL-LISH novel, there will be a band of homo sapiens trying to decipher the signs and to neutralise this reign of terror and there will also be another band trying to tap into the limitless potential of Evil to his/her own agenda (in this case, this Evil entity moves around quite a lot).
The storyline started more than 2000years ago when a legion of Romans were sent to the extreme end of the African desert in attempt to find the fabled "last Paradise on Earth" when they accidentally stumbled upon THE TOWER of EVIL. The whole legion were wiped out except one haruspex saved by the sistrum.
Fast forwarded few millennia and we have our motley crew of heroes trying to destroy The Tower, gathering friends/foes, getting chased by bad guys, found treasures, fell in love and got laid BUT did they destroyed The Tower and its legion of doom? You'll have to read to find out :-)
Anyway, in my opinion, this is definitely NOT one of the star books written by Valerio (FYI, he is the author of Alexander series adapted into silver screen starred by bad boy Colin Farrell). In fact, I find that the plot is bland without any eye-lifting or page turning actions. It feels as if Valerio wrote this book as a precursor to a film script.
The starting part; the flow of the storyline; the heroes and the baddies aka actors & actresses; the ending part are written in such a way that you can feel like you're watching a movie or soon to be adapted into a movie. This, in my opinion doesn’t augur well for a book written by such an accomplished writer.
Read at your own peril for Blemmyae is lurking everywhere... nyek nyek nyek...
In this novel, we're brought face-to-face with the root of all EVIL. The EVIL which shall not be named (reminds me of Harry Potter) and which has rooted ITSELF on the face of planet Earth since the beginning of time. The kind of EVIL which can kill with just the shrill sound of its voice and with an armada of headless army called Blemmyae to protect its final bastion.
Like any other EVIL-LISH novel, there will be a band of homo sapiens trying to decipher the signs and to neutralise this reign of terror and there will also be another band trying to tap into the limitless potential of Evil to his/her own agenda (in this case, this Evil entity moves around quite a lot).
The storyline started more than 2000years ago when a legion of Romans were sent to the extreme end of the African desert in attempt to find the fabled "last Paradise on Earth" when they accidentally stumbled upon THE TOWER of EVIL. The whole legion were wiped out except one haruspex saved by the sistrum.
Fast forwarded few millennia and we have our motley crew of heroes trying to destroy The Tower, gathering friends/foes, getting chased by bad guys, found treasures, fell in love and got laid BUT did they destroyed The Tower and its legion of doom? You'll have to read to find out :-)
Anyway, in my opinion, this is definitely NOT one of the star books written by Valerio (FYI, he is the author of Alexander series adapted into silver screen starred by bad boy Colin Farrell). In fact, I find that the plot is bland without any eye-lifting or page turning actions. It feels as if Valerio wrote this book as a precursor to a film script.
The starting part; the flow of the storyline; the heroes and the baddies aka actors & actresses; the ending part are written in such a way that you can feel like you're watching a movie or soon to be adapted into a movie. This, in my opinion doesn’t augur well for a book written by such an accomplished writer.
Read at your own peril for Blemmyae is lurking everywhere... nyek nyek nyek...
Personal rating: 5 out of 10
Cons:
1) The plots are weak and too "script-ish"
2) No page turning actions or attention grabbing moments (except for getting laid part :-P)
3) Definitely not one of best books by Valerio
Pros:
1) Learnt few more items on Roman/Etruscan history
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