The enemies of the Hawkwing duchy had gathered and war has started. Against Emelia's wishes Ash has taken his place on the front lines. Ash's unique abilities come in handy but Ash soon learns that their enemies are much stronger than anticipated and he is forced into a dire situation.
D.W. Jackson was born in McAlester Oklahoma, Attended College at Oklahoma City University, and Northeastern State University. As soon as he graduated high school in 2001 he joined the Oklahoma National Guard. In 2003 he was Sent along with five others from his unit to Iraq where he spent slightly over a year in deployment. After returning home he worked as a pipeline surveyor traveling all across the U.S. in 2009 he took a job as a correctional officer for the state of Oklahoma where he worked at both a medium and minimal security level prison. In 2012 his heath declined and was unable to continue working. With time on his hands and out of books to read he decided to pursue his dream of being a writer.
Compared yo the previous ones, this book was a bit of a downer. More like vanilla fantasy without the game law aspects. I would rate it as 3.5 if I could. I spent most of the book working hard to dismiss the MC's decision to bring a young girl that could not fight to a war, as well as his now quite boring and predictable relationship with the same. Surely he has enough love interests already, when will it stop? The themes that attracted me to the story - exploration, growth, adventuring, building, discovery, gaming laws etc - were for the most part abscent. I still enjoyed the read, but it took some effort.
2.5 stars rounded up to 3 stars. OMG, when the MC tried to release Alice from slavery and she begged to stay with Master and he relented and then admitted his love, I think I threw up in my mouth a little bit. Bleh! The war itself was well written and engaging, but the emotional stuff is just not realistic. I'll keep reading, but I wish there wasn't all this crap with half a dozen juvenile slave girls hanging allover the MC all the time. Plus, they all want his baby. Whatever.