Review: Fantastic
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 4, 2013
"Myrthdom" by Jasper T. Scott is a fantastic blend of science fiction and fantasy that sparks with vivid imagination and great ideas. Our hero Aurelius needs to find a way home to his world and his own time, that is the main storyline of this book but it is filled with great fantasy episodes and characters to make this a very engaging read.I am not a huge fan of science fiction or fantasy and only occasionally read works of those genres but I am very impressed with Myrthdom and its use of popular themes of fantasy and turning them into a new and original mix, some kind of Stardust meets Twilight and Lord of the Rings. An ambitious undertaking that works very well for me.Scott has created an entire world of elves, leviathans, gryphons, werewolves, trolls, dragons, gremlins and meremaids, but with such love for detail and his work that the book easily stands out from the often repetitive and mediocre helpings of an overcrowded genre. Scott seems naturally at home in his style, confident in his writing and has created memorable characters.I must confess I was surprised how easily the space ship and time portal part of the plot fitted into the fantasy world but the main focus is on Mrythdom, the new world that Aurelius encounters, where he and his companions have to brave the challenges a world full of fantasy creatures creates.