Prince of Fools – Mark Lawrence
You may recall that I gave Mark Lawrence’s The Broken Empire trilogy some lofty praises last year in April. I warned you that the books were brutal, violent, enthralling, beautiful, and–perhaps most important–extraordinarily great reads. You may also recall that Mr. Lawrence is a research scientist by day, a fact that may be largely irrelevant when it comes to his fiction, but one that I nonetheless choose to mention because I think it’s rather impressive. It certainly stands as a reminder that no matter your work or home life, it’s possible to finish writing that damned book. You can do it, I can do it. So let’s do it. Bonus points for those of you with keen eyes who noticed that the quote on the cover is from none other than Peter V. Brett, whose novel The Warded Man I reviewed two Warbles since. Funny little coincidence, that. But, let us return to Prince of Fools, the opening
