Once he discovers the shadeglass he tries to take it from her, even if that means killing her, and Shev, being an aelf, outmaneuvers them and flees for her life through the city. This is where it all begins to unravel for her and she soon discovers that her employer is not as ambivalent and scholarly as he portrayed himself. When she retrieves it she discovers it's actually made of shadeglass and contains the soul of the ancient traveller who begins talking to her in earnest. However, all they find is the man's body, and for Shev, a mysterious fake eye. The masked man hopes to find a map within his tomb to another lost city which contains the treasure he's actually after. This entombed man was a renowned traveller during the Age of Myth and was said to have seen more of the realms than any other mortal ever. Once they find the city infested with orruks, they quickly sneak past the brutes and discover the tomb they have been looking for.
It's a really cool setup which I'll get back to later when I talk about the characters. You see, Shev isn't your typical aelf, no, she's a treasure hunter who was orphaned at a young age and raised by a human, who himself died over 50 years ago from old age. This is where I got my strong Indian Jones/Tomb Raider vibe. The group is on the trail of a lost city and the tomb it is said to contain. Our story starts with an aelf named Shev, who is in the employ of a mysterious masked man and his henchmen. Basically, it's the ultimate AoS swashbuckling, treasure hunting action novel.
CITY OF SECRETS NICK HORTH EPUB MOVIE
I would equate this book to being the AoS literary equivalent of an Indiana Jones movie (pre Crystal Skull), combined with the non-stop fun of the 1999 The Mummy, and all the high seas action of the first Pirates of the Caribbean. Following the exploits of the Witch Hunter Toll and the ex-Free Guilder Callis, Silver Shard has a distinctively fun and super engaging story.
Now Nick Horth is back with its sequel, The Silver Shard, but can it live up to the hype from its predecessor?Īlright, let's answer that first question right away, yes it absolutely does! The Silver Shard is probably one of my favorite AoS novels yet. The first AoS novel to focus on the common human, and take us away from the superhuman stakes of the Stormcast. City of Secrets was the surprise hit that no one saw coming.
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