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Albrim's Curse
All young Albrim wanted to be was a master bowman like his father. Then a savage attack on his home cost him his family, his arm, and his humanity - all at once! Crippled and contaminated by the Curse, his beloved Gran leaves him in the care of Mute, a giant warrior dedicated to protecting humanity from the depredations of the Quarg. Albrim does what he can to assist his master and redeem himself. But can a werewolf ever really recapture his humanity?
158 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
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September 7, 2016
It was a good story well told.
I have been reading so many independently published books of late that I noticed perhaps a quarter of the way into this one that it was relatively free of editorial errors. There were some occasional problems here and there, but perfection is at best rare and these were minor.
If there's a problem, it's that the title is a major spoiler. We know that our focus character, Albrim, is going to suffer from a curse, and since this is first in a series about were wars it seems likely that lycanthropy will be that curse. I wondered whether the author was going to fool us and make Albrim's curse something different--and there is a degree to which it is a bit different, because several persons become involved in helping him live with the lycanthropy starting with "Gran" who it seems actually is his grandmother even though everyone in the village and quite a few people beyond it know her by that name. Gran arranges for him to be overseen by someone he calls Mute, a huge powerful man who is a hermit in the woods who has been injured in a way that prevents him from speaking, but who is feared by the villagers and by the orc-like monsters of the forests. Albrim and Mute gradually become a serious commando unit against these creatures, and also uncover some kind of plot.
The characters are credible and the action well-told and varied with a solid storyline behind it. It is a good beginning to what could be an epic. It is, however, book one of the epic, and ends with a very severe cliffhanger (almost literally). I don't know if I have the next book in my collection, but it certainly would be worth reading.
The gamer influences here appear, but only minimally; I did not feel like this was a telling of something that happened in play, but rather of the imagination of someone who honed some of his ideas from creating game scenarios (which the bio confirms). The story has some interesting complexities and unanswered questions, and was overall enjoyable.
I have been reading so many independently published books of late that I noticed perhaps a quarter of the way into this one that it was relatively free of editorial errors. There were some occasional problems here and there, but perfection is at best rare and these were minor.
If there's a problem, it's that the title is a major spoiler. We know that our focus character, Albrim, is going to suffer from a curse, and since this is first in a series about were wars it seems likely that lycanthropy will be that curse. I wondered whether the author was going to fool us and make Albrim's curse something different--and there is a degree to which it is a bit different, because several persons become involved in helping him live with the lycanthropy starting with "Gran" who it seems actually is his grandmother even though everyone in the village and quite a few people beyond it know her by that name. Gran arranges for him to be overseen by someone he calls Mute, a huge powerful man who is a hermit in the woods who has been injured in a way that prevents him from speaking, but who is feared by the villagers and by the orc-like monsters of the forests. Albrim and Mute gradually become a serious commando unit against these creatures, and also uncover some kind of plot.
The characters are credible and the action well-told and varied with a solid storyline behind it. It is a good beginning to what could be an epic. It is, however, book one of the epic, and ends with a very severe cliffhanger (almost literally). I don't know if I have the next book in my collection, but it certainly would be worth reading.
The gamer influences here appear, but only minimally; I did not feel like this was a telling of something that happened in play, but rather of the imagination of someone who honed some of his ideas from creating game scenarios (which the bio confirms). The story has some interesting complexities and unanswered questions, and was overall enjoyable.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 12, 2011
Was great to travel along the hand of the author thru this great and magical world of fantasy.
Perfectly performed
Congratulations to Trevis
Perfectly performed
Congratulations to Trevis
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