Review: A Little Bit Different than Just About Everything
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 4, 2013
Realmgolds has a little bit of a lot of things and as such is a little different than, well, everything. It has a little bit of politics, a little bit of war, a teensy weensy bit of romance, a bit of fantasy, a bit of steampunk, a little bibliphilic geekery.It's good stuff.A Realmgold is a chief executive in a federalist system of shared power. In this case, a young man named Determined is a somewhat reluctant (and unsurprisingly, ineffective) Realmgold of a country named Denning.He sees his country is falling apart and decides he doesn't want his country to go down that way on his watch. The story tracks his growth as a person and a leader, as well as his relationship with the Realmgold of neighboring Koskant.The end comes a bit quickly and might seem a tad anti climactic, but the focus here isn't really on the action, it's on the processes behind the action. What we see are civil servants, portrayed as anything from competent to heroic in their ability to address problems and make lives better.It is, as I said, different, but it's entertaining and you should check it out.