Tyler Thomas

As with most first novels in epic fantasy, this book was pretty slow at until the last 20% or so. Still, I knew this going in and I'm excited to continue this series exploring the world and the characters. Many of the characters didn't stand out to me except for the main ones so I'm much more interested in Simon's part of the story than the political intrigue bits between the nations of Osten Ard. Simon is a boy of 15 and he acts like it throughout the story. I loved watching him experiencing this journey and adventure that was thrust upon him which heavily mirrors the quest that Frodo must embark on and also Rand from the Wheel of Time which came after this book was published.

Great novel and setup for this world and story. It looses some stars because it was a bit too slow and the ending was good but not earth shattering.

This was my introduction to Lord Dunsany's writing which probably wasn't the best place to start. Many of these stories were quite odd and ended abruptly with seemingly no satisfying conclusion. There were only 3 that I enjoyed out of the 14 or 15 total stories. I'll be continuing to read Lord Dunsay's works since I'm pretty sure they can only go up from here.

This was my first intro Lord Dunsany's work which probably wasn't the best place to start. Many of these stories were quite odd and ended abruptly with seemingly no satisfying conclusion. There were only 3 that I enjoyed out of the 14 or 15 total stories. I'll be continuing to read Lord Dunsay's works since I'm pretty sure they can only go up from here.