Loved itI really like the story it's really intelligently told has a lot of epic battle scenes I'm not the biggest fan of battle scenes but the way that he wrote them was really well done and it made me feel very invested in the story
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The Red Knight (2012)
Others: Overwhelmingly positive Twenty eight florins a month is nowhere near enough when a wyvern's jaws snap shut on your helmet in the hot stink of battle, and the beast starts to rip the head from your shoulders. But if standing and fighting is hard, leading a company of men-- or worse, a company of mercenaries-- against the smart, deadly creatures of the Wild is even harder. It takes all the advantages of birth, training, and the luck of the devil to do it. The Red Knight has all three. So when he hires his company out to protect an Abbess and her nunnery, it's just another job ...
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Loved it
Loved itI really like this series I do think it's one that probably is quite political so maybe not one for everyone but if you like great fight scenes and if you like politics and if you like interesting characters with really cool backstories and morals then I definitely think this is a series that you will like
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