Silent Hero: A Tribute to the Legend of Zelda

by Christine E. Schulze

The Triforce, that golden entity set in place by the three goddesses to protect all Hyrule, has been broken—into nine Shards instead of three this time. Darkness creeps along the fringes of not only Hyrule, but also of Termina and Twilight. These three realms, intimately linked, can only be rescued by...
A young boy who cannot speak but whose courage will emanate louder than any evil he faces.
A princess as timeless as the shadowy realm from which she returns.
These two Heroes against three great Ganondorf, Majora, and the young, ambitious Zaruman, who connects both guardians and enemies of the three realms in ways which the heir of Link could never imagine....
In a race against time, and in a mission which breaks the boundaries of time, Hero and Princess must combine courage and wisdom to collect the notes of a powerful requiem. They must use their knowledge of the ancient legends to press forward and resurrect a mighty weapon from Hyrule’s past. Aided by a strange voice, Great Fairies, and their own intuition, will they succeed like the Hero who came before them?
Can darkness and light converge without creating shadow?


* Author's Note, July 5, 2012:


This is the updated version of "Silent Hero;" after reading through and gaining some feedback from readers, I found several minor but certain plot holes; I apologize to my readers and hope they will find these fixed. "Silent Hero" is still the same story, only with the kinks worked out now.


Feel free to read more on my decision to re-edit the book and my process on my blog, "The Golden Healer," as found on Blogspot.


Thanks to all my readers, God bless, and may you be inspired!


~ Christine E. Schulze

Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult, Fan Fiction, Ebooks

151 pages, ebook

First published November 3, 2010

About the author

Hullo there, dear reader! Christine E. Schulze here, author of YA fantasy, as well as a few kids’ books about special needs. I’ve been living in castles, exploring magical worlds, and creating fantastical romances and adventures since I was too young to even write of such stories. My collection of YA and children's fantasy books, The Amielian Legacy, is comprised of series and stand-alone books that can all be read separately but also weave together to create a single, amazing fantasy.

One of my main aspirations for The Amielian Legacy is to create grand fantasy adventures with characters that connect with readers from diverse backgrounds. My current focus is to include racially diverse characters, as well as those with disabilities. The latter is inspired by my day job working with adults who have autism and other developmental disabilities at Trinity Services in Southern Illinois.

I draw much of my inspiration from favorite authors like Tolkien and Diana Wynne Jones, favorite games like The Legend of Zelda, and especially from the people in my life. Some of my exciting ventures include the publication of my award-winning Bloodmaiden, as well as The Gailean Quartet, my first series with Words Matter Publishing. My books for younger readers include In the Land of Giants and The Amazing Captain K.

I love connecting with new raeders! Come find me on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, or at my author website: http://authorchristineschulze.com

On that note, God bless, happy reading, and may you be truly inspired! I’ll see you in my next book.

- Christine E. Schulze

Reviews

[Eden Silverfox · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Triforce has been broken into nine shards. It is up to Link and Midna to save both their worlds both it's too late.

Legend of Zelda are all really fun games with a great story. I think this book covered that well. The book has its funny moments just like the games and of course I really like Link. He's silent, but a good character. I can imagine how frustrating it is for him not to be able to speak, though. And Midna was sweet. She and Link really care for each other.

This the first I've ever read a fanfic of anything and I really liked it. It was good and I think this book all Legend of Zelda fans would like.

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found a free ebook and then lost the connection and took a while to find another one, hence the long time reading. Overall, this was a good book. The plot flowed well and the main character, the new Link, was well developed. Midna, the princess, wasn't as developed, but that added to her mysterious air, so I was fine with it. She was actually my favorite character. It was a good read and did tie into the game. I didn't care for the ending as it doesn't explain how the Hero line will continue if each Hero is alone, but that is a personal preference and maybe babies just happen by storks in Link's world.

[Heather · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an interesting read, to say the least. Any fan of the game will really enjoy it. There are several inside jokes that you pretty much have to be an avid gamer to enjoy as well as a Zelda fan. The only thing I really didn't like was how abrupt the ending was; had it been better, I likely would have given it five stars.

[rhea · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fanfiction is fanfiction. I had fun with it as a quick read at work when I forgot a book. Now that I've covered a Zelda and a Harry Potter fanfic I can use the ebook section here for other things.

[Olivia Blouin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely love this book! The author melted to games together so beautifully to present an extraordinary book. It's definitely my favourite book.

[Mutated Reviewer · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm only going to put this with three stars, and here's why: This is a published fanfiction, and that's not cool. I'm probably only going to say that once. It has a bunch of copyright infringements, or so my dad explained so many times, and apparently there's a law somewhere about something so 12 year olds can't publish things about video games. I dunno. I wasn't paying that much attention. Whatever. Okay. Moving on. This book is about a new hero, also named link, who goes on yet another journey with midna, and does all that other Link & Zelda stuff. So that already happened. This was like a mix of all the games, except for the part where they explain over and over again that Majora's mask was the first zelda game, and that's a lie. Whatever. It was actually a lot like the game, even up to the parts where I'm very bored of listening to everyone talk. Lol. I guess that's not a great thing for a book. Anyways. I got this book on Smashwords, and it was free, obviously. I probably wouldn't buy it, but some people like LOZ more than me, by a lot. Check it out.

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[Sarah-Jayne Briggs · Rating 4 out of 5]

(This review may contain spoilers).

I only ever played the first game of Zelda, but it was one of the first games I played on a console that wasn't a gameboy and one of the first I managed to play right through to the end. So when I realised an author I liked had written a tribute to The Legend of Zelda, I decided to read it.

As good as I found this book, I'm glad it was offered for free, since fan fiction shouldn't be made money from. I found it to be a very well-written book and Link's inability to speak was an interesting hindrance - I liked the fact that that never changed and how he and other people had to deal with that.

I liked Midna's relationship with Link, but I was saddened by what happened at the end. I did notice some errors in the grammar and punctuation end of things, but nothing truly major.

I liked the use of the other characters and different locations, but I did think that some of the challenges seemed particularly easy to figure out. They were easy in the games, but I would have liked to see the characters have to work more to succeed in some of the areas.

I liked the use of the 'other' Links in the different legends and such. All in all, I enjoyed this book and thought it worked particularly well with the Legend of Zelda universe.

[Lauren Wiseman · Rating 3 out of 5]

I occasionally write fan fiction, but it is usually nothing compared to Silent Hero. This tribute to the Legend of Zelda games follows fairly close, from what I remember (I've only watched my brother play Ocarina of Time, so I'm not really in a position to judge accuracy). But Schulze has opened a box of vivid description and fun wordplay to create the world of Hyrule, Kokiri, and the rest. It had good pacing, never dragged.
So why three stars? It just wasn't for me. I guess I'm not enough of a Zelda nerd to totally fall for this. The cover is pretty, though...

[Nick McSherry · Rating 3 out of 5]

In all honest, i think my love for the zelda universe is what kept me reading this one to the end. The writing wasn't terrible, however some of the story line, and a lot of the "It was like this, but also like opposite-of-this", which kinda got annoying at the end. I didn't mind that link couldn't talk, it was a good "twist" on a classic character. All in all i probably wouldn't recommend it to anyone, and the 3 stars really are for the classic characters for which i have so much love for.

[Gabbi Pace · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was on the fence with this book. It was a good read that had me hooked. However, The grammar and spelling was quite horrendous at times, and sometimes I felt as if they were taking too many privileges with the game. Overall though, the book was a good one, and I would definitely read it agin. It is somewhat necessary to have at least a small portion of Legend Of Zelda knowledge to understand the book. Involves Link-Midna shipping, so if you don't like it, don't read it.

[David Feliciano Echevarria · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was really, really good. It had many grammar errors, but nobody's perfect. I enjoyed the ending, even if it wasn't a "regular" ending. I really hate those "Happily Ever After" endings. This mix, 'cause it's clearly a mix from all games (maybe not all, but most of 'em), was pretty cool and intriguing, even if in some parts I felt the urge of falling asleep. Even though, I highly recommend this e-book.

[Teddy Jeddeloh · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought it was a very good book. It was interesting, adventurous and exciting. I did not like the ending though, my favorite character died and link ends up sad forever never to love anyone again. It was a sad yet happy. I chose the book because it's was based of my favorite video game of all time. My favorite part of the book is when link first finds midna. I also like when they use the hook-shot for the first time and midna shrieks.

[Aaron Linn · Rating 3 out of 5]

as the tittle states this is a Legend of Zelda story and its wrote wiyh those who love the game series of the same name. I my self am a huge zelda fan and was rather exited to read a book based on zelda, but as I ws reading it it felt less and less like a book and more like a some bodys fanfiction, a well wrote fanfiction but fanfiction none the less.

[Ridge Short · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book because my friend Brad Sells loaned it to me. I have always loved the game so you can guess that I love this AMAZING book. Christine Schulze is an amazing writer I can't wait to read more.

[Christine · Rating 2 out of 5]

There was many issues I found and many plot questions I came across. Overall the book isn't great although I did enjoy the attempt of a new story and much more. Some of it caught my attention and then others made me wonder, what? I suppose that's all I can really say. 2 star rating.

[Grant Sherman]

Ss uca great book. The ending was so intense with the epic batle in between azure zaruman vs. Link and majora vs. Midina. But the end was also the saddest, I can't wait to find another book like this.

[Micheal · Rating 3 out of 5]

As a person who never played Saving Zelda I was a bit lost. Though I did like the way the words flowed. though once in awhile I did get a little lost.

[Josh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book a must read for all Zelda fans and to those who read he doesn't talk in it...just a reminder he doesn't talk on the games he grins in the games :-)

[Kamryn]

Meh.

[Lauren · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an interesting story.

[Ashley Mann · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not what I expected from fan fiction but altogether a nice read. Only gave 3 stars because as a true Zelda fan it didn't live up to all of my expectations.

[Ryan Thrasher · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was awesome, but sad at the end, I loved the Legend of Zelda my whole life, and this was excellent.

[Lotrsgal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good. It is set in a different time to the Zelda games which made it more interesting. It's a full a action but is still very detailed and really is a great read

[Jfort3 · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think this book is an accurate description of what would happen if Link and Midna were to team up again to protect Hyrule from enemies from Termina, Hyrule, and Twilight.

[Emily Trees · Rating 4 out of 5]

While I found the story to be very well done and following a lot of the canon, I can't wait for the re-write that should come out soon.

[Hyrum Sutton · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was my first time reading fan-fiction. Not a huge fan. Schulze used elements from a whole bunch of games to put this story together, and it was kind of cool revisiting those places in my mind. At the same time, nothing really happens for like 75% of the book, and the parts that actually include some action are really confusing. It was also kind of annoying that Ocarina of Time Link was referred to as the "first Link", but this may have come out before Hyrule Historia, in which case that could be forgiven. The writing felt kind of amateur, and I just don't think Zelda is one of those stories that can be turned into a book, as all the excitement lies in the exploring, fighting, and puzzle-solving, things that can't easily be turned into writing.

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lovely light read for fans of the series. I had just finished playing majoras mask so with those details fresh I chuckled a few times.

[Turtle · Rating 1 out of 5]

If Stephanie Meyer wrote a Zelda fanfiction, I imagine it would read like this. And I think that would even be a slight against Meyer, despite how much I dislike her vampire novels. This novel (if it could even be called such) lacks conflict, good characters and heart. Even the love story, which seems to be the main premise, is flat and dull. I have to wonder if the author was as bored writing this as I was reading it. The villians aren't even introduced until the last few chapters. I was starting to wonder if they'd ever make an appearance. Even in the games, Gannon showed up to mess with Link every now and then. You'd think the villians would make some sort of effort to stop them. Most of the time Midna and Link were just handed the objects they were questing for. No trial. No effort. Made for a very dull read.

I told myself that I wouldn't bother going into detail about how illogical the way muteness is handled. But it infuriated me so much, I can't help it. Humans are social creatures. Without some form of sign language or writing system, Link would be an extremely frustrated and angry young man. The kokiri are jerks for not bothering to teach Link how to communicate beyond 'emotional eye gestures' which I swear don't exist outside of romance novels.

It's a fanfiction. There's hundreds more like this story on a site called Fanfiction.net. And I dare say some are much better than this one. If you paid for this book, then you were ripped off (though I think its currently going for free as an ebook).

Overall, this book stinks. Even if you are a Zelda fan, don't bother reading it.

[Landon · Rating 1 out of 5]

I saw this on the giveaway page and entered to win a copy, and then saw that I could read it for free on goodreads, so I withdrew from the giveaway and just read the ebook version. I loved the idea of this book, as a child, The Legend of Zelda games was a loved pastime, and though I haven't even thought about it in many years, when I first saw the book it brought back wonderful memories. I was very disappointed, which I guess I should have expected. Fanfic is always something I've looked down on, and have actually never finished one until now, and even this time finishing was a challenge, shortly after beginning I lost any desire to read it.
This story is about a new Link, a heir to the original Link. This Link is mute, he can't talk. The Triforce is broken up again (into nine pieces this time, instead of three) it's basically a re-telling of the old story, with several failed attempts to make jokes and make some comical references to the games, or to strange weird things that only happen in video games. Rather then funny, these were just really cheesy and made roll my eyes more then laugh or even chuckle.
I wouldn't really recommend this to anyone, and have to say, the only good thing about reading this was that it was free, short, and helped me catch up on my 2011 goodreads goal.

[Elizabeth · Rating 1 out of 5]

I have played and greatly enjoyed several Zelda games and I was hoping for something better in a book like this. It doesn't strike me as very imaginative; many things are taken from a few games, especially Ocarina of Time, and tossed together. The quest on which Link and Midna embark is basically going from one place to another, collecting things and sometimes talking to people. Nothing much really happens. The bad guys are kept in virtual obscurity till near the end. The one thing that struck a chord with me was that Midna gave her life so that Zelda would have the complete Triforce of Wisdom. Even then, I thought that Triforce being broken into nine pieces was lame.
I read the book so I could see what it was like, but I have no wish to read it again.