Clash of Iron: The Iron Age Trilogy, Book 2
This book is described as ‘the blood-thirsty, battle-ready sequel to the most action-packed epic fantasy debut of recent years’, being the second novel in this author’s Iron Age trilogy. Set in the time of the ancient Britons before the Roman invasion, the action takes place in Britain, Rome and Gaul. Maidun Castle has been captured and must now be defended at all costs.
Needless to say, what really happened is purely in the mind of the author as there are no written records of the period, and stories passed down from one generation to another will have been lost in the mists of time, superceded by 400 years of Roman occupation. Various views on the first book in the series describe it as ‘blood-soaked’, ‘earthy’, and ‘profanity-laden’, and this, the sequel, would amply qualify for the same epithets. I suspect that this is more of a ‘man’s book’, if one can say that sort of thing in this PC day and age, and I found it very difficult to get into; the characters did not really come alive for me, and I have no urge to read either the preceding book or the final one in the trilogy, which is still to come. It will no doubt have its admirers, but it was not for me.
