Metal and Flesh

Rohvim #1

by Endi Webb, Siesta Luista

Aeden Rossam: 17, son of a nobleman, expert swordsman, spoiled, let's face it: he's a punk.

Betha Solvinstra: 18, common shopkeeper's daughter, rising star in the Society of Healers. Oh, and she hates the nobility.

After the sword tournament in the city of Elbeth, the master healer—leader of the secretive Society of Healers—invites Aeden to join him, and shares the Society's great secret: that all mankind are Rohvim—beings of metal, flesh, and fantastic powers that the uninitiated see as magic. After Aeden sees his beloved city overrun by a mysterious northern warlord’s army, he and Betha are chosen to find and stop the warlord before the entire kingdom falls to ruin. To succeed, Aeden must master his Rohva nature, and with Betha's reluctant help claim the powers that only a Rohva with a true knowledge of himself can wield.

And along the way, they will begin to unlock the secrets of Earth's troubled past....

Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult

372 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2013

About the author

At work, I think up ways to thwart terrorists with science. No, really. In my spare work time, I also pitch space missions to NASA. Somewhere in between all that and 2 cute little terrorists at home, I write fiction--mainly science fiction, especially the kind that goes "PEW PEW!" I started publishing my books 3 years ago, and was humbled and honored to appear recently on the USA Today Bestseller list.

I was born in Seattle and bounced around between California, Argentina, Utah, and New Mexico before finally arriving here in Rocket City, Alabama.

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Reviews

[Liam · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Dane Bagley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Metal and Flesh is a classic story of good vs. evil, freedom vs. captivity, have not's vs. the haves, etc. It is cleverly written and entertaining. Lot's of sword fighting, imaginative scenes, with a little bit of romance mixed in. It is both futuristic with a hat tip to the past. This book promises to be the start to a great new series!

[Mirrani · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed the concept of this book all around. The idea that the story is being ghost written for one of the characters was interesting, as was the idea that people were machines and they weren't aware of it. Watching the progression of the various realizations that come with such news was interesting and holds much promise for future books in the series. Over anything else, it is this concept that would have me coming back for more. The writing is good and the fighting seemed well written, but I don't know how I feel about some of the character choices.

The change in characters put me off a little, where people seemed to change before your eyes in a way that didn't quite seem true to who they were. You often see characters in books lured away from good with the temptation of power, but I'm not certain that a boy would turn on his friend as easily as one of the characters did in this story, even if one is noble and one is not. I wasn't certain that I understood the idea of why it should be kept that way either, even after reading part of the section written between the ghost writer and character in charge, where it mentions that this is the way it must be.

I enjoyed Metal and Flesh and if I were given the rest of the series in exchange for a review, I would certainly continue with the series, as I am very curious as to where the culture will go.

Note: Though this book was a free gift from the author, the content of my review was in no way influenced by the gifting. The book speaks for itself and my review would have been worded just this way even if I'd gone out and bought it. I also give bonus points for Text To Speech enabling on Kindle format.... but that also wasn't a factor in the above review.

[Tabby Shiflett · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 Stars
Great cover art! This novel has plenty of potential and the communications between the author and ghost writer are witty and very humorous. The book also includes some pretty awesome fight scenes and there are a few parts that tug on the reader's heartstrings. Sometimes the flow of the story is thrown off a bit by the change of pace within a chapter, but overall, if you like Sci-Fi/fantasy, take a leap and dive right in.

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[Valerie · Rating 4 out of 5]

enjoyed the charatcers,good read