A Shadow of All Night Falling
Dread Empire
Fantasy
Berkley
December 1, 1979
Across the mountains called the Dragon's Teeth, beyond the chill reach of the Werewind and the fires of the world's beginning, above the walls of the castle Fangdred, stands Windtower. From this lonely keep the Star Rider calls forth the war that even wizards dread, fought for a woman's hundred-lifetime love. A woman called Nepanthe, princess to the Stormkings...
Glen Cook has created a wonderful and inventive world in A Shadow of All Night Falling. I can’t believe I haven’t run across this series before.
I started the book with some trepidation because of the constant point-of-view shifts. Many books that take this approach beyond three of four points-of-view tend to irritate me because of my strong preference for good character development. It works well for massively-complicated plots, but results in never getting to know a single character or group of characters well. Thankfully, Cook keeps it under control and I was able to savor some character development, as well as enjoy an epic plot.
The story takes many surprising (to me!) twists and turns over the course of the book, and I love not being able to predict outcomes. I will definitely continue reading the series.