Scott's Take: Son of the Poison Rose by Jonathan Maberry

Son of the Poison Rose by Jonathan Maberry is the second book in the series that began with, Kagen The Damned. This novel is told from multiple perspectives and a lot of this book is mostly about the Witch-King and Kagen gathering allies and preparing for war against each other. The Witch-King also has a new weapon that he plans to use against his foes. Much later, more than 2/3rds of the book later, Kagen goes on the trip to the lost city full of monsters described in the plot synopsis.

This is a very good book, but if you did not like the first one you will not like this one. There is a lot of death, violence, rape, and other horrible things happening. More Lovecraft elements and horror elements are present here.

For people, who have read is other series, the new weapon is pretty disappointing since he is reusing ideas. His fascination with having characters piss themselves in fear all the time continues here.

I like his writing, but it’s always a shame when a talented author chooses to use what they done before instead of something new. I am looking forward to the third book, but I am hoping I won’t get burned out like I did in the Joe Ledger series.

 

My reading copy came from the Skillman Southwestern Branch of the Dallas Public Library System.

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