Not so far as plastic surgery for aesthetic results, but for physical superiority and advantage over others. But implantation and augmentation are extremely popular procedures in this universe. Guns exist, as do lasers, although most characters still use/prefer swords or typical weapons. But it also incorporates heavy science fiction elements at times. The novel is written to be very much a fantasy epic. But that’s a drawback to having a protagonist who doesn’t speak, I guess. It jumps to different perspectives just as something important is happening, and they don’t fully explain what actually happened. I wish they’d have explained just a bit better what was going on in the climax of the novel. In the end, it’s not wholly important to the plot either way it seems. I couldn’t always follow the mindset of the beings, let alone what they wanted, aside from rulership over the world. Whenever the novel attempted to get into the mindset of the infernal plagues, it somewhat lost me. And that was super cool.īut the novel isn’t perfect. We were essentially, by reading the Vagrant’s adventures, following the light as it traversed the proverbial tunnel. At the beginning of the novel I came to realize there isn’t really a light at the end of the tunnel. The writing is minimalist in the sense that it doesn’t tell you any more than what you need to know at any point in time. There are points where the novel brings me close to tears. If you have the chance, I encourage you to listen to Jot Davies audiobook recording to hear how he voices her. She learns to talk, to love, and to live – a feat I wasn’t expecting this book to try and accomplish. Throughout all the crazy events that Peter Newman throws the readers in, he finds time to give Vesper, the baby, one of the most heartwarming character arcs I’ve ever read. The growth of the baby is another of the novel’s most fascinating narratives. You’ll get some really great laughs out of this one. It’s a spiteful thing, often doing whatever it wishes, and helping out in the most random of moments. The goat itself becomes one of the novels strongest personalities. And he’s an extremely kind soul.Īlong the way he picks up a goat, whom he can use to produce milk for the baby. He trusts people way more than he should. All we have to go by are his unflinching moral standards, and his reactions to certain situations. An entire novel goes by without the Vagrant speaking a single word. One of the books greatest achievements is its ability to build such a strong relationship between characters that literally don’t ever communicate. But he has to trudge through lands filled with taint and vile, humans without any moral codes, and animals twisted and mutated into becoming monsters.Īlso, it must be noted that the Vagrant carries with him an infant wrapped under his cloak at all times. It’s the Vagrant’s objective to bring the sword to the rest of the Seven. The blade of Gamma, the defeated of the Seven, is being sought after by the forces of evil. An infernal scourge was awakened seven years ago, defeating one of the Seven, and have driven the forces of cleanliness and good to the far north. Where to begin? The book takes place in a world corrupted to its very core. And it was an overwhelming pleasure to read. That is to say, as far as I’m aware, this is the first book of its kind. But there are layers upon layers of material to dissect in this reading that stand out so feverishly from its closest fantasy counterparts. And it is a quest, to deliver a magical sword to the ones capable of purging the world from the evil that now corrupts it. Peter Newman’s debut novel, The Vagrant, may appear at first glance to be your typical fantasy quest with a flashy cover.
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