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A new fantasy novel that follows a adventure team led by Lenk, as they search for a world ending treasure. Lenk has grey hair, is short, young and has a lot of problems. He is followed by a pointy eared Shick, who lives in trees, hates humans, shoots a bow and seems to sound a lot like Tolkien's elves. The love hate relationships between the two and their inability to communicate is a ongoing sub-plot. They are 'helped' by a giant dragonman, a rouge, a healer and a boy-wizard. Only the healer an
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I picked this up after following the author on Twitter, finding his banter with other authors and other people refreshing (and slightly crazy). I'm not sure what these nay-sayers have been reading, because this book is well written and highly engaging - it left me wanting more (so I bought more!)
This book is refreshing (yes, I've repeated the word and I don't care) as it's not your "typical" fantasy - I was slightly dubious at first.. but it grabbed me not far in and wouldn't let me go.
If you wa ...more
This book is refreshing (yes, I've repeated the word and I don't care) as it's not your "typical" fantasy - I was slightly dubious at first.. but it grabbed me not far in and wouldn't let me go.
If you wa ...more
This book was a genuine pain to read and I made it only barely halfway through before I could not take it anymore. Starting a book with a battle scene that takes up a full third of the entire book is a very big gamble, and I think it didn't work at all. Nothing actually progressed or developed and all the heroes are completely unlikeable jerks who do nothing but insulting each other every time they open their mouth, to tell everyone else how much they hate them and how disgusting they are. Why a
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