The Ruling Sea by Robert V.S. Redick
The Ruling Sea is the second book of Robert Redick’s Chathrand Voyage series. I truly enjoyed the first, The Red Wolf Conspiracy, despite a few flaws and a lackluster ending, and so I was looking forward to the sequel. Unfortunately, I didn’t find this one either as enjoyable or as compelling. I picked it up and put it down quite a number of times, curious as to what would happen in the end but not grabbed by the journey… There are flashes of intensity and inventiveness throughout, but not enough… The Ruling Sea was a disappointment, and felt like it fell victim to bridge-book syndrome where we spend too much time getting from Point A to Point B. Sometimes the journey is the thing rather than the destination, and if any book should prove that it would be one about a great ship’s voyage, but in this case the story got a bit becalmed. Here’s hoping book three gets its wind back. Read the rest.
