Color of Steel: Courtroom Sword Fighting Trilogy

This one is indeed very good-looking and the most exciting one in the trilogy, but there are two mistakes in the book that I must point out: First, the two-handed sword is not as broad as an electric fan blade in everyone's impression. Whether it is a Spanish two-handed sword or an ancient Chinese horse-cutting sword, it has a slender blade. No one would be stupid enough to fight with something like that in modern movies, TV series, and games. At that time, the ancient battlefield needed a weapon that could effectively kill unarmored enemies in close combat, so a two-handed sword was born that could chop in a wide range, swing widely, and be used flexibly and quickly (if you don't believe it, you can check it online). Therefore, the two-handed sword fighting method is not conservative, and the two-handed sword is not suitable for defense; secondly, isn't the arrowhead of the armor-piercing arrow tapered? Why does the book say it is flat?

The only thing I didn't like was the excessive compassion on both sides of the war, including Bardas thinking Maxson was doing the wrong thing and Temlai thinking he was doing the wrong thing. As a Chinese, I have always believed that there is nothing wrong with resisting the plunder of the grassland peoples and being retaliated by the grassland peoples. The positions are different. Other than that, everything is very good. What particularly satisfies me about the author is the smooth arrangement of the fate of the family and the city.

The plot of this book is very engaging and the characters' actions are so realistic that it made me feel like I was in the world of the book. I particularly like the protagonist Bardus Loredon. Although he is a court swordsman, he has his own principles and bottom line. The fragments describing Peri Medea in the book also impressed me deeply, especially the description of the buildings in the middle city, which was very graphic, making me feel as if I could see those magnificent buildings standing in front of me. Overall, this is a book well worth reading.