There are no monsters in the sixth book of the series instead the focus is mainly on the court of Midland. Sir Griffith and the Band of the Hawk have been given the honour of guarding the king, much to the disgust of the other Counts and the repercussions of this take up most of the first half. Guts has some tough choices to make and this is generally a more emotionally charged book.
There is of course some graphic violence but this volume is much wordier spending much of the time looking at Griffith's motivations and ideology which I found riveting to read. I really admire the way Kentaro depicts Griffith, his ever changeable moods shown by switching between quite cartoonish art to heavily shaded and toned panels which have a very sinister air.
A new campaign in the hundred year war begins and we get to see more of the Chuder Empires knights. I liked Adon who is both comic relief and the set up to a great sequence with Guts and Casca. In this book we learn how she joined the band and it's good to see her character fleshed out more. Its another solid book from Kentaro with everything you could want from an epic fantasy novel.
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