Review: Good Story, Fast Read
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 23, 2012
This is NOT a five star book.  On Amazon Cloud, I had a whole section missing where the barbarian hordes attack the village.  not good.The main character is engaging enough, but the power sputtering is sort of stupid.  (the Force, Luke.  Seek the Force!)  I liked Kelvich, the Sorcerer, because he was grounded.  The wizards not going back to the Master, but fretting didn't work for me.The world building needs some building.  There are Five Kingdoms, so the Master seeks domination over them, but what about the rest of the world?  Why was magic dying out?  It seemed more of a device.What was good?  The story's pace was good.  The cliche's remained interesting.  I liked the Father, but I've seen the father/former soldier/hiding to seek peace thing plenty of times before.  However, I was able to get into the story and really liked the parts in the snowed-in village.The magic hierarchy is good, but not really used.  Perhaps in other books.I'll give the next one a read, for sure.