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West into Ruin
Destiny calls, and they must answer. The small Kingdom of Eastvale, nestled between unassailable mountains, impenetrable woods, and the mist-clad hills, is the only home they’ve ever known. Nothing is known of beyond its borders, and more importantly, no one speaks of it. In the border town of Ravensroost, Candissa, a young woman of extraordinary ability, is torn between exploring and solving the puzzle that is her small world, and her obligations to her family. Her enigmatic friend, Errol, quick with a charming smile and wielding his strange black blade, has no memory of his earlier life, prior to arriving only a few years ago under bizarre circumstances. Two strangers arrive in Ravensroost, each seeking answers to their own mysteries. Koraymis is a scholar, with a hidden, arcane calling and dark secret, seeking his place in the world. Cam is a half-Elven hunter and crafter, bearing little save a strange pack left to him by his father. Like Koraymis, Cam is compelled to leave his home and journey to Ravensroost for reasons he cannot understand. Drawn together by a calling to Destiny they cannot discern, each of the four must test their abilities, their trust in each other, and common sense to undertake a journey that will take them into an unknown future. Facing mysterious perils, gathering forces of evil and an uncertain path, they journey West into Ruin.
433 pages, Paperback
Published November 18, 2019
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February 8, 2023
Darn Poor Crutch
This novel comes under the heading of one I'm darn sorry I bought. This book could have been great, it could have been wonderful. What was the problem then? The multiple POVs. Any writer that sincerely feels the need to indulge in multiple POVs needs to go back to the drawing board. It's a crutch, it's an affectation and a poor one at that. I'm sorry but you don't see any of the greats using this crutch, Tolkien, Norton, Howard, etc. When you, as a writer, use this tactic, you're are cheapening your own work and proving yourself not much of a writer. Which is sad really and I can point to two recent authors who wrote wonderful stories, in my opinion, who did not indulge in this foolishness. William Timothy Murray and Emmet Moss amongst others. Go back to the drawing board Mr Lockwood, pick one main character and mature your writing.
This novel comes under the heading of one I'm darn sorry I bought. This book could have been great, it could have been wonderful. What was the problem then? The multiple POVs. Any writer that sincerely feels the need to indulge in multiple POVs needs to go back to the drawing board. It's a crutch, it's an affectation and a poor one at that. I'm sorry but you don't see any of the greats using this crutch, Tolkien, Norton, Howard, etc. When you, as a writer, use this tactic, you're are cheapening your own work and proving yourself not much of a writer. Which is sad really and I can point to two recent authors who wrote wonderful stories, in my opinion, who did not indulge in this foolishness. William Timothy Murray and Emmet Moss amongst others. Go back to the drawing board Mr Lockwood, pick one main character and mature your writing.
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