Review: Okay! Not bad at all. Here's what you get -
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 27, 2013
This is a fun alternate history set in Roman Britain in what I take to be the 5th century? (My ancient history is a bit weak...) What's fun about it? Well, it's half war story, and half military procedural, and both set in the Britain that -maybe - could have been saved by the alternate history here presented. We'll have to wait until the second volume to find out for sure, but I'll buy it when it's published.Mr. Jones has a lot of characters in his story, and handles them smoothly. They all act quickly and decisively, so the tale moves along without dragging. There are probably too many characters, and I'm not sure how some of them will add to the story, but I've bought into them so far. Mr. Jones has a story and cranks it out smoothly. I like that.What's not to like? There are a few minor editing problems. These aren't the horrid grammar so common in Kindle books, but more likely just oddly run together sentences that didn't get proof read. They are few, and comprehensible though, so you'll not really be distracted. Likewise Mr. Jones prose is 'workmanlike' rather than particularly deft. Indifferent imagery, awkward word repetition, and the occasional trite usage are his worst sins. But then so few of us are Stephen King, and in truth J.K. Rowling is a wretched stylist who sold a billion books. You'll not be hurt by Mr. Jones pages, and you'll stay with the story.So - let's have the next book!