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5/27/23
EDIT - re-read - 🎧
Still a fun 5 star read. I‘ve been told that the descriptions of bridge building are excessive & it‘s slow. Ohh well, loved it. The prose is fluid, the dialog great. There‘s a lot of bridge talk so beware. Still a five star read! I‘ll read it again & I need to get book 2 for June!

Therefore, the whole thing had to be wishful thinking by some armchair theoretician, and the reports of trebuchets actually being used in sieges in the far eastern provinces of Echmen were just misinformation and fake news. There's no such thing as trebuchets; likewise dragons, elves and magic swords.

I plodded up onto the wall... I said, "Some fool's been spreading stupid rumours about-" One of my officers...pointed.

Oh, I thought.

'Take it away " I said to him in Alauzet-I knew he was from the Old Country by the colour of his hair. "I'm Orhan, colonel of the Engineers. And you could put an eye out with that thing."

He grinned and put it down. He'd heard of me, the only Alaz to have made good in the big city, I'm famous. Sold out is the term they generally use, but I'm sure they mean it kindly.

FEB 2022

I read 28 books this month. These are my 9 favorite 5⭐️ reads … or darn close to FIVE!

It was a pretty varied reading month. A lot of great books!

🎧 “Don‘t you understand the hierarchy of command?”

Orhan: “No, I build bridges.”

What happens when an engineer becomes responsible for a city within besieged walls … no food or weapons … just Orhan who‘s a liar, a cheat, a snarky civilian who cannot be a citizen due to the color of his face & who loathes authority … left to defend the city after their army is decimated by the enemy.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 👇🏻

Great way to get exercise in at work. #treadmillreading #fantasy #engineer

Wow. Who knew! The story of a siege is hilarious, complex, with great characters and many laugh out loud comments from our intrepid protag.

#wyrdandwonder Day Two.
This book quickly became the comfort read I never expected. Orhan, an engineer and the possibly unreliable narrator of this story is the only person that can save the city from a siege. Too bad he doesn‘t really want to, but against his better judgement he gets involved and all the shenanigans ensue from there. Fast paced with snarky humor and a light tone, this is definitely one of my favorites from this past year.

The quality of this book is rather 😩

The print is a bit blurry and there are a lot of typos that could have been filtered out during editing.

#buddyread @DuckOfDoom @Maike

I was going to finish Underworld, but the tagged book called from my birthday stack.

#Gladstonerds @rockpools @squirrelbrain @TrishB @Oryx @youneverarrived @Caroline2 @Mitch @scripturient @Leniverse (and I'm sure I've not tagged everyone)

The army and the navy are away from the city when the invasion force shows up. Standing between them and the ruin of the city: an engineer, a liar, a crook, and a forger. These all happen to be the same man. Orhan, a milkface who cannot be a citizen in this land, rallies his corps of engineers to the defense. A fascinating look at a siege from the engineers who make all the defenses and the siege weapons, as well as wicked social satire.

#Fantasy

I... Think I enjoyed this?! I found it very frustrating, though, at the end. Thinly veiled Roman/Byzantine Empire setting.

#WyrdandWonder #TBRBingo

If you like the narration of Flashman, with the ingenuity of Mark Watney from “The Martian”, you‘ll enjoy this really fun book.