Advent of Silver

by Atilla K. Zengin

It is the year 2141 on Earth – a futuristic world where weaponry besides pre-modern are banished and all continents have collided by the magical embargo embedded into the world by the mysterious entity that appeared in the sky – halting the Third World War in an instant almost a century ago.

A man with silver eyes named Jericho has been confined in prison for murder - he lives in constant trauma ever since his mother cast aside her life in order to save his from his father. Jericho’s life took a dramatic turn when a man broke into his cell and claimed to be his brother – Dantanian – whose identity has been hidden from their tyrannical father. After their successful escape, Dantanian informs Jericho about their father’s true intentions - total world domination. They decide to work together and stop their father from lifting the limiting embargo from the world and unleashing weapons of mass destruction.

The journey that conspires will continue to surprise Jericho – carrying his cursed sword - as he begins to discover shocking new discoveries about the properties and true origins of magic, this new found world…and himself.

314 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 19, 2018

Reviews

[Tracey Madeley · Rating 2 out of 5]

It is not exactly clear what the title is meant to signify. The only thing I can think of is because the protagonist, Jericho, has silver eyes, it is meant as the rise or pre-eminence of silver. Unfortunately, this is a characteristic of the whole book, almost like someone has used a thesaurus to include more complex words, without fully appreciating their meaning or significance. It is also badly edited with words missing and sentences not making sense.

If you can put up with the mistakes this is an interesting book. Futuristic fantasy, after disastrous world wars a divine presence has banned all magic and taken the population back to a pre-technological age, where people travel by horse and cart. Jericho is one of the few who possesses magic, but it is dormant and he needs to discover his true potential. Liatha is the governor of the jail where Jericho resides at the beginning of the novel and from which his brother Dantanian breaks him out. The brothers are on a quest to kill their father Baal who they blame for the death of their mother. Liatha needs Jericho’s help to find her sister. There is both physical and internal conflict in this book, exploring personal conflict and motivation.

The novel is well structured, with a lot of twists and turns, as Jericho moves through the landscape in search of his father. There is one final twist at the end bringing the novel to a satisfactory close, but still leaving the door open for a new novel in the future. What the novel needs is a good beta reader or editor. It is easier to correct the grammar, than re-write a bad story.

[Jonathan Gardner · Rating 1 out of 5]

Good first draft, poor publish version

I don't want to be too unkind depending on whether English is the author's first language or not but this is truly badly written. There dozens of grammar and spelling mistakes. The punctuation is formatted wrong. The author appears to be trying too hard to sound sophisticated and instead uses the wrong word or has clunky dialogue. The concept is good though but needs a lot of refinement.

[william fair · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very interesting read except the scope of growth was to fast to follow at times. I

Never felt able to identify with the main characters before they chAnged again. Not likely to read the next one. No disrespect intended . just an opinion. Gypsy (76 yrs.)

[Moraa (vacation hiatus) · Rating 2 out of 5]

It had an interesting premise but the execution was poor. On the bright side, there were no grammatical or spelling errors.

[Zimal Butt · Rating 5 out of 5]

I picked this book reluctantly but it turned out to be amazing. I just loved the whole book. I really liked the way the author used different concepts from religions like the "qareen". I think Atilla is the first author who has used Qareen as a character and so amazingly. I liked the use of greek mythological creatures. Description of purgatory was so sooo good. Jericho was my favourite. The book had many typos but still i rated this book 5 out of 5 star because the book has a lot of potential. The world building and character formation was well balanced. Atilla paid equal attention to both that makes it an amazing book. Dying to read the next book.