What readers think of The Shadow King, plus links to write your own review.

I wanted to like this book after waiting for weeks for it to be delivered. I struggled through three-fourths of it and felt rescued when the "Shadow King" finally emerged. Perhaps if I knew more of the history of Ethiopia the story would have been more compelling. I read to the end and was mystified by the "fantasy" of the ending pages. I found it a strange way to end the book.

I did find myself engaged by the character, Ettore of Foto. A conflicted man caught up in a war which had no meaning for him.