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** spoiler alert ** Book 3 of the A Song of Fire and Ice Series is like a canoe ride down a raging river, twists and turns that could toss you over at any moment. In keeping with the pace of the story, the chapters are much shorter than the previous book, and the exposition is typically through dialog. Martin introduces minor characters--innkeepers and their wives, pirates, and others--that provide much needed humor. And, speaking of humor, nothing moves so well as the scenes between Brienne and Jaime. Jaime Lannister is a more central character here and quite a sympathetic sort. Many twists and unexpected events await the reader, including some that are just heart-rending. Then there's the epilogue... Let me just say that there is a 92 year old man who deserves a bloody end.
This Morrow book is only a novella, and since he doesn't have as much time to develop ideas, the story has a Christopher Moore sort of feel to it, but that's not a bad thing. Syms Thorley writes a memoir of an alternate plan to end the war with Japan by playing a kaiju in a propaganda film. Morrow's books are always a treat!