Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames
Kings of the Wyld is about bands of mercenaries, with the modern concept of musical bands thrown in: the mercenary bands are small (four or five people), and have fans and booking agents. The primary characters are the older members of a band which broke up long ago, but one of them has an emergency and needs some help.
I enjoyed the “getting the band back together” structure of the early chapters. Starting with a single character, then adding another, then adding another, gave each one a chance to gel and solidify in my mind. I felt that I got to know each of them in a way I wouldn’t have if they’d been introduced simultaneously as a five-man group. I also enjoyed how each new person dropped an ominous hint about how hard it would be to get the fifth guy on…
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