Review: A good beginning
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 21, 2013
Locked in the rustic haven of Tyfor, Daar Rintoul longed for travel and adventure, envying his brother, Erec, and sister, Jinn, their apparent freedom. Then Nidic Waq appeared and Daar was catapulted into journey of self discovery across the worlds of men. dwarves and elves. He must enter the hidden world the Current and learn more about himself than he wanted to know as he seeks the Chosen of the Light.Matt Campbell has created a fascinating world where the struggle between good and evil has been given personalities. However, like most first novelists, he is a little "inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity" (Lord Palmerston, speaking of Disraeli). In time, he will learn the efficacy of ruthless self editing to achieve the "less is more" goal of effective writing. He needs to invite the reader into his imagined world  and let them experience the story for themselves. That being said, I recommend persistence in reading "The Spirit Summoner". It will be rewarded.