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The Blacksmith's Son (Mageborn #1)

by Michael G. Manning (Goodreads Author)

3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 · rating details · 1,856 ratings · 137 reviews

Mordecai's simple life as the son of a blacksmith is transformed by the discovery of his magical birthright. As he journeys to understand the power within him he is drawn into a dangerous plot to destroy the Duke of Lancaster and undermine the Kingdom of Lothion. Love and treachery combine to embroil him in events he was never prepared to face. What he uncovers will change...more

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Published (first published July 3rd 2011)

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Nov 14, 2012 Autumn Brady rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: sci-fi-fantasy, my-reviewed-books

I received this novel for .99 on amazon. Money well spent!

The greatest wizard line and the people that protect them are assassinated--all except the infant son of the greatest wizard of all time. The infant is raised by a blacksmith and his wife, who are "the salt of the earth" type folks. At sixteen some supernatural type powers appear and he is let in on the secret of his heritage, just in time too, because there is a dark wizard set to take over the kingdom.

There were some laugh out loud mom...more

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Mar 07, 2013 Richard rated it 3 of 5 stars

A bizarrely short book. From the description you expect some high fantasy coming of age story but the entire book doesn't even cover 2 weeks. Mort learns magic at a speed you could only expect in a really soft setting, everything falls into place with no effort required at all. None of this is particularly bad per se but it does leave me thinking this book is nothing more that a grand prelude to the rest of the series. Excluding the final chapter when the comically evil lord finally ends the boo...more

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Feb 22, 2013 Alan Denham rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: f-sf-on-kindle

I got this on Kindle some months ago, started it, decided it was OK but run-of-the-mill as Fantasy goes, intended to finish it, got distracted . . .
Came back to it last week, started again, got past the rather conventional start and realised it was something rather better than first impressions had led me to believe.

Many things in here are conventional, and have been done before - the orphan becoming a wizard, self-training, discovery of skills, then challenges and dangers, and the final battle...more

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Jan 14, 2013 Sean Randall rated it 4 of 5 stars

It's been done to death, you know. It was old in Earthsea, and positively exhumed for Rowling. Yet this book was, quite honestly, one of the most enjoyable "teen gets magic" reads to ever have crossed my bookshelf. There's something about Mort, his personality is infectious, his style and whit both quick and memorable and the surrounds were very nicely done too.

There's a rather marvelous shift from third to first person narration in chapter 18, one of the most deftly executed and intricately wri...more

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Dec 24, 2012 Jen rated it 3 of 5 stars

The Blacksmith's Son (Mageborn #1) was recommended to me by Goodreads {dot com} based on the type of books that I had listed as completed. I did not know, going in to it, that it would be a young adult novel, nor that it would be so short, but I found that I "liked it" {tool text for a three star rating on Goodreads} anyway.

This novel follows the life of a young man named Mordecai who happens to be the heir to some-sort-of-nobility-that-is-three -degrees-removed-from-the-king. The fact that I ca...more The Blacksmith's Son (Mageborn #1) was recommended to me by Goodreads {dot com} based on the type of books that I had listed as completed. I did not know, going in to it, that it would be a young adult novel, nor that it would be so short, but I found that I "liked it" {tool text for a three star rating on Goodreads} anyway.

This novel follows the life of a young man named Mordecai who happens to be the heir to some-sort-of-nobility-that-is-three -degrees-removed-from-the-king. The fact that I cannot name this peerage title is entirely my own fault as I've decided to dedicate my brain space to other items rather than memorizing peerage titles, the author actually informs the reader of what this title is as well as its relation in the peerage, but it just didn't stick in my mind. The key, here, is that young Mort doesn't actually know that he's this important noble, nor that he is product of a great line of wizards, either. And so, when he discovers both of them, plot ensues.

The book is titled The Blacksmith's Son because young Mort was raised by a peasant blacksmith and his wife. You learn this in the first chapter, so I don't feel that it is actually a spoiler to explain how nobility and wizardry fit with such an interesting title.

Eyebrow raisers:

- The language in this novel is modern rather than medieval, though it is set in a clearly medieval setting. I didn't find that it took anything away from the story, but strict medievalists will have an issue here. Best to avoid the novel if you need "m'lord"s thrown about. That said, the description was also modern and relates to modern things we know about (lab notebooks, flashbangs). Again, one will need to suspend disbelief that a young, medieval boy might think to draw such parallels.

- All forms of heterosexual intercourse including, but not limited to, rape are openly discussed in this novel. It is very sex-positive and makes open and ready reference to erections. Prudes, be warned!

- The f-word appears once - and only once - in this novel. It appears in the phrase, "F- off!" If you are a parent considering this for your little one and the previous eyebrow raiser didn't help you make your decision, perhaps this will. Though, as a former public school teacher, I should note that by the time a kiddo is in the fifth grade they've already heard this word before and the one mention likely won't have any drastic impact on them.

- All the chapters are numbered, but only some of the chapters are titled. This didn't bother me as a reader, as I generally skip over both chapter numbers and titles while reading a novel, anyway, but when I did notice it I found it intriguing. I'd love to know what the author was thinking concerning that peccadillo.

- The blurbs at the beginning of each chapter are essentially a novel in themselves. I read the novel without reading those blurbs, then went back and read those blurbs. Interesting philosophy in the latter though only loosely connected to the novel, itself.

- The book could really use a professional editor. I'm not a grammar nazi by any means, but I caught four separate and distinct mistakes that were jarring to me. I'm sure those who spent more time in the humanities than my scientific-self would have caught more.(less)

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Sep 07, 2012 Amy rated it 4 of 5 stars

There are mild spoilers contained within this review.

Firstly, the good: I liked the story. It was a solid plot line with suitably likeable and hate-able characters. The imagery didn't leave me wondering what the surroundings were like, but at the same time didn't go into too much boring detail leaving nothing to the imagination. The main character had enough flaws to make him believable, but not so many that he was annoying; his self deprecating sense of humor was just goofy enough to make him l...more There are mild spoilers contained within this review.

Firstly, the good: I liked the story. It was a solid plot line with suitably likeable and hate-able characters. The imagery didn't leave me wondering what the surroundings were like, but at the same time didn't go into too much boring detail leaving nothing to the imagination. The main character had enough flaws to make him believable, but not so many that he was annoying; his self deprecating sense of humor was just goofy enough to make him likable without giving the impression that he's a halfwit. There were no important loose ends, since it is obvious that this is the first of series and anything major left unanswered could be picked up in the next installment.

There is a scene of attempted rape, and those with triggers should be warned.

The bad: If felt that a good editor could have polished this story a little better. There are no overly glaring grammar mistakes or misspellings, but there were rough parts where the POV changes so suddenly that I had to go back and re-read the preceding paragraph to make sure I hadn't missed something. Mort (the main character) achieves many milestones in this story and is gravely injured more than once, but it seems no one thinks to send for his adoptive parents while he is on the brink of death--this just felt left out, and it would have been so easy to mention that someone had sent word to them and then a suitable excuse made for their absence if their appearance didn't fit in with the story. Also, I would have liked to know more background on the villain (where did he learn to use his own powers?)

Also(this is my own personal opinion), in a fantasy story I prefer the world to be less paralleled with ours. It's hard to explain, but the use of common vernacular and swear words, common English names (there was one from Greek mythology, too), and other small nuances could have been changed to make it seem like the author created this whole world from scratch, instead of making me think maybe this is just an alternate version of Earth.

All in all it is a good read, and none of the faults I found with it would keep me from reading the second installment. If you are a fan of fantasy and adventure novels, this one would fall nicely into that category.
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Jul 15, 2012 Rushabh rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy

The Blacksmith's Son is Michael Manning's first book and it as a really great read. It has some of the traditional elements of fantasy (wizards, mages, runes, spells, hero who doesn't know his power, love interest etc), but the Manning manages to make the story interesting and does a great job with the writing.

The general idea probably feels familiar to anyone who has read sufficient number of fantasy books - hero whose parents were killed when he was a baby, raised in relative poverty, discover...more

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Jun 13, 2012 Eriborn rated it 3 of 5 stars

Estoy entre las 3 y las 4 estrellas con este libro.
Es claramente una primera novela, con errores ortotipográficos por todo el texto (los vocativos van con coma! -> "No(,) Mort, you use commas after you say no and a name"), intenta torpemente hacer saltos de la narración en primera y tercera persona, cambios del punto de vista de la narración, hay un montón de lenguaje anacrónico "huy, mi magia sale mejor ahora por la adrenalina que corre por mi sistema circulatorio claramente conocido por la...more

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Oct 23, 2011 Zeke rated it 1 of 5 stars

The magic bits were intriguing. I liked the protagonist's self-deprecating manner (though sometimes it felt like a bit much). But, the way the author chose to describe the world took me out of the book completely. Here's one example why: at no point in a medieval setting would a boy raised as a blacksmith's son characterize a wizard's diary as a "lab notebook" this is because A) high school chemistry labs, and indeed, that kind of note taking, hadn't been invented yet and B) a blacksmith's son w...more

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Feb 06, 2013 Zurlo Enrico rated it 3 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I gave it 3 stars, but it's more like 2.5. The extra half star it's a bonus because i believe that the story can go better in the next books.
The magic system is quite simple and i liked very much the way it was explained (future Marcus gives us an insight of how thinks works even before we face them in the story). Certainly we lose on the mistery side, but i was getting tired of those books with magics not fully understood even by the end of the series.
I also liked the tone of the narration...th...more I gave it 3 stars, but it's more like 2.5. The extra half star it's a bonus because i believe that the story can go better in the next books.
The magic system is quite simple and i liked very much the way it was explained (future Marcus gives us an insight of how thinks works even before we face them in the story). Certainly we lose on the mistery side, but i was getting tired of those books with magics not fully understood even by the end of the series.
I also liked the tone of the narration...the plot feels light even in the sad moments...a decise change from the books i usually read.

Let's talk about the bad things ;)
First: the clichès are definitely too much. The orphan boy who has actually noble heritage but he has grown as a peasant untill he awakens his powers it's really overused by now. The good friends, who helps him through adversities and discovers their powers as well during the story, are too predictable. The childhood girl friend (grown extrabeautiful), who is actually in love with him and he suddenly realizes he loves her too, just made me puke. (the only good thing in their relationship is that sex comes very early...i expected them to only holds hand for much of the book and maybe a stolen kiss by the end).
The best villains i've found in my readings are those so called gray characters. You can see why they would choose an evil path and you could even like them more than some good guys. Well...here there isn't anything of that sort: Devon is just black and you can anticipate his every move a mile away. I've never really got passionate about his demise...he was just too cartoonish.
Second: the timeline. I can never understand why authors never respect a logical time scale. He could have easily spanned the story in a year, but instead everything happens in a week, so it's all so compressed that becomes ridicoulos. In a couple of days Mordecai passes from being nothing to casting spells on people to a great degree of success. A day more or so and he is already battling magically with a wizard that supposedly has been praticing for years. After he almost died he just recover in a matter of hours (if i remember correctly he has sex with Penny not even 24h after the incident). And by the end of the book he looks like an accompliced wizard already casting big spells and saving the day. The story would have been much more veritable if simply Morde went to Lancaster library to get the books (a completely normal thing since we know that he went there often to study other disciplines) and then he went back to the smithy and trained for an year or at least some months before making him do all the stuff he does.
Third: lack of descriptions. I prefer too little description rather than too much, but i've just finished the book and i have a really vague idea of how the characters looks like.
There is one thing that would have really spiced up the story: if Devon actually raped Penny...that would have brought up my rating to 3.5 stars. (less)

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Mar 23, 2013 Leela rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: unfinished

I haven't finished this book yet and I honestly don't know if I will.
It's terrible. The language is so out of place, it keeps jarring me back to reality. He calls his parents mom and dad, and describes his girlfriend as sexy.
Not only is the language bizarrely modern, so are the attitudes of the characters.
The kid learns magic within about a week. From a book. By himself. The book was magically protected, but a kid who literally just discovered he has powers a day or two ago is able to get to it...more

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Oct 25, 2011 Alex Paul rated it 3 of 5 stars

Interesting story, some good characters, and an intriguing magic system. I actually wanted to read the intro blurbs at the beginning of each chapter, which I usually find extraneous.

But what an up and down book this was. The very beginning felt a little cliche, but the bulk of the middle was very, very good, and then the author just completely lost me toward the end. One female character in particular made one of those major "huh?" decisions that seemed totally out of character and unnecessary....more

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Oct 15, 2011 Scott rated it 4 of 5 stars

When I added this book to my "To Read" shelf, I did happen to glance at a few reader comments that mentioned some of the "modern language" the writer used. So I mentally prepared myself for a literary version of the Heath Ledger movie "A Knight's Tale," which was set in medieval times but featured modern wittiness, a rock and roll soundtrack, and even had the jousting audience singing along with Queen's "We Will Rock You." Something enjoyable but not to be taken too seriously.

Turns out, the majo...more

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Apr 28, 2013 Shawna Hansen rated it 4 of 5 stars

First of all, my husband recommended this book to me and he has only recommended a couple of books to me in nearly 20 years, so I could simply end the book review there.

This book is a solid fantasy novel. (Which is my way of saying that I am not an expert in fantasy, but I can tell a good fantasy novel from a bad one.) Ultimately, my bookwormish heart belongs more to romance than any other genre and as we all know, fantasy and romance are very often hand in hand.

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Nov 01, 2011 Bryek rated it 4 of 5 stars

I will admit I was a little aprehensive about this book when I started it. Usually books with crappy covers mean crappy books (and yes I do know this to be a falsehood) but lets be honest. The more a publisher thinks the book will do well the more they spend on cover art!
Now there is one other thing that I also need to remark on: yes this kind of story has been told already, just like every other story out there and that doesnt bother me.
I definitely enjoyed this book more than I had anticipate...more

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Jun 04, 2013 Underground Book Reviews rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: brian-s-99-cent-reviews

Readers will also appreciate how Manning handles the fantasy elements in Mageborn. In any given fantasy series, hardcore fans always pay close attention to the rules governing magic. Does the author make the unbelievable... well, believable? In this respect Mageborn doesn’t disappoint. Readers will enjoy Marcus the Heretic’s chapter introductions, where he scientifically details the nature of magic in the Kingdom of Lothion.

The book is not without its flaws. Lord Devon Tremont, the villain, com...more

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Jan 30, 2013 Holly Sandoval rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, books-read-in-2013

All in all, this book was a decent read and worth the $.99 price tag. I found it to be in keeping with the "typical" fantasy story lines. The main character has no idea is a decent of an magical bloodline that is thought to be extinct. He quite suddenly comes into his power. He goes on to defeat the villain and get the girl. It is all very tidy.

First off, the prologue was not well written at all. The author seemed to stumble about in describing the scene. Just the prologue kept me from reading...more

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Dec 21, 2012 Rob Morris rated it 3 of 5 stars

The book had a lot of promise: an interesting and fairly original premise and magic system, and some entertaining moments. All-in-all I enjoyed it, and there are plenty of great moments, but the narrative is unpolished. The author re-uses the same expressions and constructs repeatedly and it felt very much like the tale would have benefited from delving much more deeply into some of the peripheral events. Occasionally the perspective shifts but the techniquemis not used consistently enough for i...more

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Apr 23, 2013 C rated it 3 of 5 stars

I really enjoyed the first half. The second half I got hung up a bit on some rough spots that could have used some sanding. This is a first book and self published and by that note, it is easier to overlook. And indeed, the likable quality of the characters and the story made it easier to dismiss the rough edges.

I like Mordecai and his self-deprecating personality (though his side comments of "I told you I wasn't good with X" sometimes took away from a good sarcastic comment). I enjoyed Penny an...more
I really enjoyed the first half. The second half I got hung up a bit on some rough spots that could have used some sanding. This is a first book and self published and by that note, it is easier to overlook. And indeed, the likable quality of the characters and the story made it easier to dismiss the rough edges.

I like Mordecai and his self-deprecating personality (though his side comments of "I told you I wasn't good with X" sometimes took away from a good sarcastic comment). I enjoyed Penny and Mord's friends and especially both sets of parents.

I will also say that this was .99, and for that? There's few nits to pick. But, because it is also offered as a 14$ paperback, some constructive comments, as I view this as a "galley" copy vs. complete.

So the constructive (I hope):

The first to third person transitions make some moments awkward, as they happen from one paragraph to the next instead of one chapter or a significant break. I would instead replace "Mordecai" with "me" or "I" and stick to the first person in those cases. There's no one to say that Mordecai hasn't been filled in on those details by Penny or someone else or writing or magic later down the road. I started mentally converting the 3rd person back to 1st from Mordecai's standpoint and it still worked (in most cases. I didn't do it constantly so some may not quite work).

I like that he is self deprecating, but he doesn't have to bag on himself. In one case, he makes a sarcastic comment that would have been so much stronger and real if it had not been followed by his snide self-deprecating comment that he sucks with women. I like that he has a sense of humor - he doesn't have to bash on himself too much for it. We can do that when he screws up, that's our job as readers. ;)

There's a little bit of a jog between casual and formal conversation. Some explanation of Mord's education is included, but a line or two explaining that he tends to blend blacksmith/commonspeak with loftier language per his educated, privileged friends might be in order.

Overall it was those switches between first/third person that caught my attention the most.

In the end:
I liked it. It was a fun story and I enjoyed it. Clearly Mord is ridiculously gifted and it'll be fun to see where that goes. Since my husband bought the next two books and is eagerly awaiting the fourth, I won't have to wait long to find out!

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Jun 13, 2012 James rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Any fantasy/sci-fi lover.

I'll be honest, it was 99 cents on my Kindle. But after being glued to the page while I read the book, I quickly purchased the second and third book of this series. The concepts of magic in this book still retained the same familiar feel of common fantasy magic, but added in a few new twists and insights.

I think perhaps the thing that got me most about this entire series was how raw the emotions seemed to be. I felt everything that happened within the story whether it was joy, anger, or even sad...more

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Jul 10, 2012 Rachelle rated it 5 of 5 stars

i think i heard about this book from one of the book pages i follow on facebook and i decided to give it a shot
i loved this book so much! its sort of a high fantasy genre and it follows the life of a young Mordecai who is to his knowledge a commoner and son of a blacksmith. he comes to realize that he is capable of seeing glowing runes almost every where he goes. Once he confides in his parents they let him know of his true lineage and and that he should speak to the duke regarding who his pare...more

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Dec 31, 2011 Denae rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: epic-fantasy

First, I barely read 100 pages or so of my edition before giving up. A book has to be pretty bad for me to put it down.
I could not stand the vulgar humour and lewd bends in conversation. These alone would have been enough to make me never recommend the author or pick up the rest of the series.
Then came the graphic rape scene. No more.
Sure, the idea of an abandoned boy brought up by foster parents suddenly displaying magical powers is a neat idea, but a lot of books use that idea. To make a good...more

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Oct 07, 2012 Thomas Macgregor rated it 3 of 5 stars

I really rather enjoyed this book. It has a interesting story line, maybe little cheesy with how some things line up. A good more traditional magic system. Even though it has a predictable format( I can't seem to find the words I want ), as in who the bests friend are, the story felt original. Some names might be similar to other names in popular books but really you can't avoid everything from someone's work, we don't have that manny words.
The only thing that bugged me and why I gave the book...more

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Sep 14, 2011 AviaStar rated it 2 of 5 stars

This story had so much potential; but the immature writing style completely ruined the read. This book was written in a confusing 1st person point of view, but without any real insight into who the characters are. There are bizarre narrative details that would have been much better demonstrated through action; the sentence structure is simplistic and repetetive. The simple and immature writing style, and predictable storyline, make this seem to be a YA/tween novel, but there is a surprising amou...more

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Jul 12, 2012 MarsianMan rated it 5 of 5 stars

Mordecai is a blacksmith's son whose life changes when he sends his spirit into a horse to save it from drowning and then starts seeing magic. His friend (the son of his liege lord) convinces his family and Mordecai to help impersonate a noble scholar. Unfortunately, Mordecai makes a powerful enemy by accident and that enemy just might be a mage. Little do Mordecai and his friend realize that Mordecai's true father was from a line of powerful wizards who married a noble warrior.

This book was re...more

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Apr 05, 2012 Jen rated it 4 of 5 stars

I liked this book fairly well, although the end felt a little rushed and some of the character's decisions not as satisfying. The writing was fairly simple yet well done. I don't hold simple against it - sometimes it's quite nice to have a direct book. The story was overall good, and it was nice to have a first fantasy novel not try to be the epic journey (which I've hit quite a few of lately). The humor was generally good and I did like the writing style with some narrative from an older protag...more

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Mar 04, 2013 Brent Dyer rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: couldn-t-finish

A horrible, horrible book. It somehow manages to take every cliche from the last 50 years of fantasy writing and cram into into one volume. And not in a fun, ironic way. In a "gosh, aren't I clever and awesome for coming up with this derived crap" way.

Even that might be diverting, if it weren't for some of the worst dialogue that I've ever read. To cap it all off, though, the author has no concept of narrative point of view, freely switching back and forth between first-person and omnicient narr...more

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Apr 27, 2013 Leif rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, terrible

I won't lie, I didn't really like this book very much. I found much of it overly simplistic, and I mostly just kept reading because of some relatively cliched plot hooks. I justified it by saying that my wife was the one that bought it. However, to my utter embarrassment, I found myself buying the sequel, and the sequel of the sequel. This book is still bad, make no mistake, but I am a little glad that I read it, because the next books pick up in quality.

As one of my friends said, often series d...more

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Nov 18, 2011 Adam Ortyl rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is Michael's first published work? What's that mean? That means that it only gets better from here. That is awesome. I think this is a diamond in the rough type of book. Even with the book reviews I opened the book being a little skeptical - its a book by an obscure first time writer. Let me tell you - the reviews were right, the book was good.

Were there some rough edges? Sure. That's to be expected I think. The story was gripping enough to forgive them though. I burned through this book in...more

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Jan 15, 2013 Jess rated it 4 of 5 stars

**I shall update this review once i have read the whole series, for now this is just a few quick thoughts upon finishing it**

Ooh this is a great start.
Bit of a weird writing style, i must admit that it took me a couple of chapters to get used to the rushed tone, and the mixture between modern humour and oldy-worldy talking. However, once it got into it, i was gripped. For something that seems so light-hearted at first it quickly became very very dark. I don't know how i feel for Mort's characte...more

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Michael Manning, a retired pharmacist, has been a fantasy and science-fiction reader for most of his life. He has dabbled in software design, fantasy art, and is an avid tree climber. He lives in Texas, with his stubborn wife, two kids, and a menagerie of fantastic creatures, including a moose-poodle, a vicious yorkie, and a giant prehistoric turtle.

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