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Eternal Knight
by
Matt Heppe (Goodreads Author)
Hadde of Landomere is a huntress who has sworn to protect and provide for her people. But when the Wasting brings famine and destruction, she must leave the forest of Landomere to seek aid in the distant Kingdom of Salador.
The return of the Orb of Creation and an unlikely alliance with a Saladoran prince transform Hadde’s mission from one to save her village to one to save...more
The return of the Orb of Creation and an unlikely alliance with a Saladoran prince transform Hadde’s mission from one to save her village to one to save...more
ebook, 311 pages
Published
April 17th 2011
by Matt Heppe, via Smashwords
(first published April 15th 2011)
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Hadde is a very unique and intriguing woman. She isn't afraid to be herself, even if she is different from those around her. She is proud of who she is, with good reason. Hadde is an awesome heroine you can easily root for. I was a bit disappointed that she seemed to become a little less unique after being in Salador for a while, but I guess it is to be expected. Put a person in a stranger land and they will eventually begin to assimilate.
Morin was also a great character. I'm not sure if he was...more
Morin was also a great character. I'm not sure if he was...more
For a first novel (and self-published at that!), Eternal Knight was surprisingly very well written and organized. Everything from the map of Landomere and Salador – the lands that the main character, Hadde, traveled through during the course of the story – on the first page to the reflections in the epilogue was detailed and planned carefully. The characters were mostly believable and the underlying message was pretty powerful: that the notions of good and evil are subjective and that villains o...more
Overall, Eternal Knight is one of my favorite books to date. Eternal Knight offered a complex plot that was pretty easy to follow but at the same time had twists and turns that I would have never expected. The setting that Heppe put you in was fantastic and was clearly written with immense thought. No matter where you went the danger and the unexpectedness of The Wasting kept you on your toes, but did not overpower the feelings of compassion or malevolence of other characters.
The problem with ma...more
The problem with ma...more
One of my favorite things about this book is that it starts with action, allowing the reader to experience the rich, dynamic world the author has created while learning about the characters and their history as the story unfolds.
Hadde is a willful and charming main character who stays true to herself throughout the story. She’s not the type to sit back and let others take care of things. On occasion, her stubbornness and naivety of life outside the forest get her into trouble, but her instincts...more
Hadde is a willful and charming main character who stays true to herself throughout the story. She’s not the type to sit back and let others take care of things. On occasion, her stubbornness and naivety of life outside the forest get her into trouble, but her instincts...more
Article first published as Book Review Eternal Knight by Matt Heppe on Blogcritics.
Times of great trouble seem to be tantamount in every time and place, a time of great peace often followed by a time of peril and so it goes, time after time, in place after place.
In Eternal Knight by Matt Heppe, we meet a young huntress of Landomere. Sworn to protect her people and her land, Hadde holds little hope due to the wasting. Many are ill and dying, the land is parched and food is hard to find. There is...more
Times of great trouble seem to be tantamount in every time and place, a time of great peace often followed by a time of peril and so it goes, time after time, in place after place.
In Eternal Knight by Matt Heppe, we meet a young huntress of Landomere. Sworn to protect her people and her land, Hadde holds little hope due to the wasting. Many are ill and dying, the land is parched and food is hard to find. There is...more
Hadde, the huntress for her village of Long Meadow, struggles to find enough food to feed everyone. The forest is dying, the animals have disappeared and the Wasting continues its relentless march through the province of Landomere. During a hunting trip, she comes upon a golden token in the Spiridus Glade and hope blooms in her heart. Along with a friend, she embarks on quest to sell the token and buy food and supplies for the starving villagers. What she doesn’t realize is that the token is one...more
Kinda abandoned reading fantasy, because it felt like reading `lord of the rings' and `the hobbit' over and over again- and worse- with some slight variantions to that theme.. be it dragons or the coming of age theme. Matt heppe brought me back again. OK, there's also a world to save, and of course you have the epic battle in the end, but the story is really good- with a magnificent heroine, hadde the huntress, firmly imbued with a healthy dose of ` woodland native american tribal' practical dow...more
So, finally getting around to writing a review of this book. I really had to let it sink in a bit because I was worried I was getting a little to fan-girlish and my review would be little, overly gushy.
I found this book on Amazon in the free section, it had one of the highest ratings in the fantasy listings, so I figured, what the hell, not much risk in giving it a shot. I was pleasently surprised by the story. I enjoyed it very much, the main character was instantly compelling for me and I didn...more
I found this book on Amazon in the free section, it had one of the highest ratings in the fantasy listings, so I figured, what the hell, not much risk in giving it a shot. I was pleasently surprised by the story. I enjoyed it very much, the main character was instantly compelling for me and I didn...more
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I started off really enjoying it, and then it just tanked towards the end. I didn't enjoy some of the plot developments, (ie what happens to Morin), and I think in the second half of the book the shift in tone to a more supernatural story just wasn't as successful for me, but my real qualm with the book rests in the fact there was more description of near rape than there was the consensual sex scene. And that can be taken to the bank since the consensual sex scene was off the page. If only write...more
I thoroughly enjoyed Matt's first novel (first published novel, anyway) Eternal Knight, and I eagerly await the next. I hope I won't spoil the action for anyone in saying that I like a good fight scene--and I'm very judgmental about them. Matt writes them beautifully. First, he avoids the pitfalls all too common to the genre. he knows how the equipment works. His heroic protagonist has all the limitations of a woman--and a trained archer--and his exploration of her abilities and limitations is e...more
I did something with this book that I haven't done in quite a while. I read it cover to cover in one sitting. The author quickly brings you into his world through the eyes of Hadde, and you don't so much follow the story, as you do share her journey. I actually felt emotion for her, her losses and her accomplishments.
Matt Heppe paints this book with words, rather than simply writing it. The imagery is so thorough that at times I found my other senses trying to smell the everbloom in the air, hea...more
Matt Heppe paints this book with words, rather than simply writing it. The imagery is so thorough that at times I found my other senses trying to smell the everbloom in the air, hea...more
One of my favorite things about George R.R. Martin's Fire and Ice series is the high degree of realism for a traditional fantasy. It seems to be a new buzzword; more and more fantasy book jackets are bragging about "gritty realism". Well, I'm not so that most of them accomplish it, but Eternal Knight does. Seldom do you find a female protagonist who doesn't kick everyone's butt like Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Xena the Warrior Princess--and yet she's still a compelling character. Seldom do you f...more
Each part of the story connects and intertwines with the rest of the story so incredibly well that I was blown away at the cleverness of it. This storyline could have easily been confusing and annoying if done by a less skilled writer, yet Heppe pleased me immensely in keeping me surprised at every twist and turn. This is not your typical indie fantasy novel. To understate it, I was pleasantly surprised by a story that I wasn't expecting to enjoy. I highly recommend fantasy lovers read this stor...more
Downloaded this to my kindle on friends recommendatation. Once I started reading I couldn't put it down & the day was gone. I know no higher recommendation than that for a fantasy novel.
This is a new author for me, I've written a review of Eternal Knight on my blog - http://croftfantasyreads.blogspot.com...
May 21, 2013
Cheyene
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Hadde bore a strange, nostalgic resemblance to Robert Jordan's 'Aviendha'....I do so enjoy my strong female leads.
This book grabbed me from the beginning, but I would have liked a different ending.
May 16, 2013
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Matt Heppe lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife and daughter. He teaches economics and military history, and in his free time does mixed martial arts. He is a United States Army veteran, having served in Germany and the Middle East as a UH-60 pilot. He is currently writing the sequel to Eternal Knight.
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