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The White Blood Chronicles #1
The Fragile Fall At Tallow Bridge
The village of Aftlain lies at the edge of the world, deep within the Forest of Centopani.
At the heart of the village is the Tallow Bridge, which spans the turbulent, purifying waters of the Centopani River, an historic place of judgement and reckoning. Aftlain's talented residents seek sanctuary there from the intolerance of the High Church of Albion.
The High Church regards the ancient village as a breeding ground for witchery, the worshipping of false, dark deities and the practising of unholy works. Accordingly, Steadholder Samael Thaindire is dispatched by the Order of Allsaints, the High Church's zealous military wing, to travel to the hidden village and unearth its secrets.
Thaindire, a witch hunter, is charged with exterminating the whisperings of witchcraft and to do so with the customary ruthlessness for which the Order is known.
The arrival of Thaindire, as one of the Exalted, a white blood, will trouble the unusual denizens of Aftlain, but is the arrival of a white blood exactly what the villagers want and need for their own machinations ?
The Exalted clash with the Tainted in a tale of butchery, mystery, witchery and treachery.
Who are the fragile and why do they fall at Tallow Bridge ?
At the heart of the village is the Tallow Bridge, which spans the turbulent, purifying waters of the Centopani River, an historic place of judgement and reckoning. Aftlain's talented residents seek sanctuary there from the intolerance of the High Church of Albion.
The High Church regards the ancient village as a breeding ground for witchery, the worshipping of false, dark deities and the practising of unholy works. Accordingly, Steadholder Samael Thaindire is dispatched by the Order of Allsaints, the High Church's zealous military wing, to travel to the hidden village and unearth its secrets.
Thaindire, a witch hunter, is charged with exterminating the whisperings of witchcraft and to do so with the customary ruthlessness for which the Order is known.
The arrival of Thaindire, as one of the Exalted, a white blood, will trouble the unusual denizens of Aftlain, but is the arrival of a white blood exactly what the villagers want and need for their own machinations ?
The Exalted clash with the Tainted in a tale of butchery, mystery, witchery and treachery.
Who are the fragile and why do they fall at Tallow Bridge ?
425 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 26, 2015
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July 14, 2015
Hugely enjoyable book. The author brilliantly creates an atmospheric and mysterious setting. The pace is fairly languid to begin with, although this suits the tone of the book and the witch hunter's investigation as he peels back the layers within the village of Aftlain. I found the characters that inhabit this world utterly compelling and very well described. The interaction between the main protagonist, Thaindire and the villagers he is investigating is fascinating and the intrigue builds as the story progresses. I read this in three days as I was completely drawn into the tale and I am very much looking forward to the second instalment in the series.
April 18, 2016
So this book is long, but it is good. The main issue I have with it is that about 3/4 of the way through you know what is going to happen, you don't know HOW it is going to happen, but you know it is going to happen.
Also the ending just ends... anti-climatic to the extreme actually. I was like ooo what is going to happen next, and the story is over. To me it seems that the author was like "I need to finish today" and finished it right after this supposedly big revelation, but I still don't know what the white blood has to do with it, and why they needed it so much.
Also the ending just ends... anti-climatic to the extreme actually. I was like ooo what is going to happen next, and the story is over. To me it seems that the author was like "I need to finish today" and finished it right after this supposedly big revelation, but I still don't know what the white blood has to do with it, and why they needed it so much.
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