The Dharkan by Susana Imaginário
Post-Suzerain Aftermath
An Indie Book Review by Joseph Poopinski
4 Stars
The Dharkan is more continuation of the Timelessness series’ first installment, Wyrd Gods, than a sequel to it, so I suggest reading this second.
Actors & their efforts still bounce all over the place but maybe less so since a few threads untangled from the jumbled knot of book one’s assassination haven’t ended, their plots & schemes continue. Definitely not all players were on the same page! I made an at-a-glance reference list of names which helped me keep track of key characters in light of a who’s possessing whose body and/or their transformations. We meet more interesting traditional gods & goddesses and to some we bid shocking farewells. Besides those murders, perhaps the biggest jolt is the abrupt ending. But hints abound and, with everyone bending the rules, I don’t doubt we’ll soon see Chronos in action.
Assorted highlights: Wry but pertinent commentary (especially “I fear we are out of good ideas” and “the truth is… no one really wants to know the truth. They think they do, but the truth is often either painful or disappointing. That’s why we tell stories”). A cool pattern of glimpsing behind the scenes of singular events via alternate (or contrasting) perspectives. Mini cliffhangers that frequently & successfully halt the chapters. A rather memorable description of ugliness incarnate.
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