I vividly remember, instantly getting transported to unknown territories, trotting silently on barren, gloomy lands that reek of death, depicted with intrinsic caricatures. Robust, unconquerable ships carrying pillagers covered with soot, dust and grime scavenging for their next kill aboard treacherous uncharted seas, with no foghorns blaring loudly. A group of futuristic human machines unleashing their wrath on humans with a mission to enslave and torture. An old abandoned dilapidated building covered with moss, infested with unbearable stench of rotting flesh, games that kill and magic. A perfect stage of pandemonium implanted to demystify the impending doom filled with a life of mystique, gore and implausible factors that open a world of unimaginable reality that doesn’t forgive easily.
Six of Crows welcomes you to Ketterdam, a world of fantasy and thug life that drinks blood for a living, encircled with a nauseous appetite for revenge and money that gives flight to your senses and imagination where everything is believable and surmountable. A group of 6 teenagers each gifted with unflinching power and zeal to cause mayhem, come together as a unit with their flaws and strengths in an inconceivable, improbable heist of a lifetime that would get them scurrying for cover.
This is my first book by the author and boy, I must say that I was intrigued from the word go. The plot sets you up for a thrill, creating an unquenchable thirst for more, whisk and the narrative that’s spot on darts off on a spree of twists and turns, tightly coiled like a machinery that sets in motion slicing and dicing everything in its path. Brilliant characterization ups the reading quotient.
Sounds interesting, right? What will their fate? Will the 6 of them successfully manage the heist? Will they survive the onslaught of obstacles? Well you’ll have to read this book to find out. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and will definitely recommend it.