"Forest Wars" by Graham Diamond,
Just finished reading "Forest Wars" by Graham Diamond, first published in hardcover by Lion Press back in 1995.
Readers and devoted of Graham Diamond's popular and cult classic Adventures of the Empire Princess novels were only treated to snippets of the sometimes mentioned Forest Wars where Nigel - Stacy's father - and his best friend Hector - the grey wolf first met and became fast friends in a desperate battle for survival against a mad canine messiah bent an exterminating humanity from not only The Haven, but the rest of the Earth as well.
I'm tempted to say that Lion Press was, perhaps still is, known as a vanity publisher. It would explain some of the glaring typos in this otherwise excellent prequel novel to the Empire Princess novels. It's also possible that "Forest Wars" was also known as a subscription novel - written by the author who had a commitment from a certain number of fans to purchase the book once it was written and self-published.
"Forest Wars" gives a breathtaking story of adventure of danger, heart-ache, and new hope when the opportunity arises to push back the self-imposed frontiers in the hopes of gaining knowledge that could provide humanity the chance to win a war against a fanatic canine messiah who wants to rule over the entirety of creation. Haven fans also learn the story behind the romance between Nigel and Gwen - Stacy's parents and who perhaps was the original owner of Stacy's pure silver knife - her "tooth" as she and others called it.
A well rounded prequel novel to the Empire Princess novels that not only answers some questions, but raises a few more that Diamond may have been planning to answer at another time.
Strongly Recommended.
Four-and-a-half stars.
https://www.amazon.com/Forest-Wars-Gr...
Readers and devoted of Graham Diamond's popular and cult classic Adventures of the Empire Princess novels were only treated to snippets of the sometimes mentioned Forest Wars where Nigel - Stacy's father - and his best friend Hector - the grey wolf first met and became fast friends in a desperate battle for survival against a mad canine messiah bent an exterminating humanity from not only The Haven, but the rest of the Earth as well.
I'm tempted to say that Lion Press was, perhaps still is, known as a vanity publisher. It would explain some of the glaring typos in this otherwise excellent prequel novel to the Empire Princess novels. It's also possible that "Forest Wars" was also known as a subscription novel - written by the author who had a commitment from a certain number of fans to purchase the book once it was written and self-published.
"Forest Wars" gives a breathtaking story of adventure of danger, heart-ache, and new hope when the opportunity arises to push back the self-imposed frontiers in the hopes of gaining knowledge that could provide humanity the chance to win a war against a fanatic canine messiah who wants to rule over the entirety of creation. Haven fans also learn the story behind the romance between Nigel and Gwen - Stacy's parents and who perhaps was the original owner of Stacy's pure silver knife - her "tooth" as she and others called it.
A well rounded prequel novel to the Empire Princess novels that not only answers some questions, but raises a few more that Diamond may have been planning to answer at another time.
Strongly Recommended.
Four-and-a-half stars.
https://www.amazon.com/Forest-Wars-Gr...
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