Review: Second Book in an Amazing Series
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 24, 2013
Enchantment's Reach 2: The Orb and the SpectreBy Martin AshKing Leth ponders upon Enchantment's Reach's fate. Warring factions become political in nature and the Deist Edict denies religions and superstitions to control the people. It's a strange land full of predictions and magic, whose people do not all deny the gods nor do they know or understand them. King Leth hopes to find the truth, particularly about the `Legendary Child'. Orbelon, a strange being who appeared from the small jewelled casket handed down through the ages, gives the King knowledge he cannot share. Leth has much more to dwell upon than riddles unsolved. Queen Issul is lost or dead. Her sister, Mawnie, once full of laughter and mischief, is not herself and borders upon madness. Times do not bode well.Within his own Council, opposition is directed at the King, and Fectur, the Spectre controlling the military, is acting strangely. The King admonishes his Council concerning destroying the Deist Edict, perhaps revealing too much of what Orbelon warned him against. What if the King had told them that Enchantment's Reach is a realm beyond the normal realm but dependent upon it to exist? There would be chaos, perhaps mass insanity; even as the Karai army grows ever nearer, bringing its horrific slooths and troll-like beings, destroying everything in its path.A message is delivered to Leth from the True Sept, boldly bearing its insignia. It brings few words: 'If the child is truly known, you are helpless without us.' King Leth decides  to meet with the group's leader, Grey Venger, perhaps to better know his long-time enemy and his plans. Orbelon summons Leth as he sleeps -- when the Orb is worried the situation seems even more ominous. Is it possible the Orb is one of the gods? There are so many questions, so few definitive answers.Author Martin Ash, in the second of the series, `Enchantment's Reach' takes the world of fantasy to a whole new level. This book contains so many twists and turns that it makes the original outstanding story seem almost tame by comparison. Readers will put this book down for only one reason -- to reach for the third in the series: `Enchantment's Reach 3: Orbelon's World'.Micki Peluso; writer, journalist, and author of . . . And the Whippoorwill Sang