A Return to Epic Fantasy – A Rift in the Deep

[image error]I love Epic Fantasy! My first book, The Precious Quest, is an epic. But where is it, you ask? Still waiting for me to complete it. I put it aside once written and started The Fergus She series, but after reading Janelle Garrett’s Rift in the Deep, I think it’s time to go back to the journey…

A Coven of witches are tasked with gathering together four prophesied Stewards–People born with complimentary gifts that could potentially heal the Rift (an opening through which evil leeches) in the Deep (the power of all life) in their world.

Garrett creates four distinct characters, each who leave behind a life and begin a journey with their assigned Covenwitch. Along the way, the characters encounter external and internal challenges that hamper their progress and make it difficult for the witches to gather the four together at the Coven lodge to begin their training–A mad-king Warlock who has his own agenda to stop them, the witch-vow to not harm other, the addictive draw of the Deep, and the release of beasts from the Rift.

Garret succeeded in making me care about the characters, drew me into her world, engaged my interest in the creatures, and spooked me a bit with descriptions of the beasts. The King is definitely a chilling villain and Covenwitches worthy of cheering on.

If you enjoy Epic Fantasy, Rift in the Deep is worth the read.