Joshua P. Simon
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Joshua P. Simon set himself a high standard with his premier novel, Rise and Fall (reviewed here). He maintains that high standard in his second novel.
I'm going to avoid giving too many details about the story so that I don't give away either of the twists at the end of the previous book. (They were great twists, too.) The story takes place the next year. The civil war in Cadonia continues, with rebel nobles trying to wrest the throne from Queen Elyse. The Hell Patrol and a few loyal nobles are all that stand between her and the traitors, but the mercenaries have their own wounds to deal with, not all of them physical. On the continent of Hesh, Tobin continues his war of conquest, unaware that a beautiful snake shares his bed.
