“Many years before, Abacus had come to the conclusion that the greatest of heroic stories have the shape of a diamond on its side.”

We are 500 pages into the story when this observation about the ideal structure for stories appears: “Beginning at a fine point, the life of the hero expands outward through youth as he begins to establish his strengths and fallibilities, his friendships and enmities….but at some untold moment, the two … Read More