Title: The Vagrant
Series Title: The Vagrant
Author: Peter Newman
Date Added: March 20, 2017
Date Started: December 30, 2017
Date Finished: March 21, 2018
Reading Duration: 80 days
Genre: Dark Fantasy, Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopian
Pages: 400
Publication Date: April 23, 2016
Publisher: HarperVoyager
Media: Paperback
The Vagrant is his name. He has no other. Friendless and alone he walks across a desolate, war-torn landscape, carrying nothing but a kit-bag, a legendary sword and a baby. His purpose is to reach the Shining City, last bastion of the human race, and deliver the sword, the only weapon that may make a difference in the ongoing war. But the Shining City is far away and the world is a very dangerous place.
This was a tough one to review. I noted that back when I finished it and I still feel the same way. The novel has both issues and merits, and it’s not a straightforward story, which is not only due to the fact the main character never speaks. The number of enemies/villains also complicates things. There’s the Usurper, the Uncivil, the first, and the commander among others. They’re all part of the tainted essence that made the world the broken place it is now, but it was very hard to keep track of them (the Hammer was my favorite for some obvious reasons).
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