Review: Great story telling from an author with great promise.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 19, 2014
I usually prefer mainstream sci-fi fantasy authors like David Eddings to Stephen Donaldson, but I am prone to try out new authors in case I find another gem.  When I selected this book after being recommended to me by my book club and began reading it, I never bothered to look at the author’s name. I was convinced within a few chapters that the author had to be one of the mainstream guys writing under a pen name. It just ran so fluidly. Mr. Trey Copeland, a name I need to start remembering, thank you very much for this story. It, and you, are why many of us spend so much time looking through Amazon and other sites for the gems. This series has the potential to go right beside some of the old greats I have in my Kindle favorites. So, well done sir, and I hope the books to follow are as good as this first one.As I have suggested, Known Afterlife is a cut above many sci-fi fantasy novels I have read.  It goes beyond the simple action adventure story, exploring themes that touch on the environment, politics and religion.  I liked the way Copeland gives two very different slants to the story, finding it quite refreshing from the normal narrative based on the first or second person.From the Guardians who defend The Provider, to the very alternative world of Antium run by the strict Church of Salvation, there is much in this book to keep the reader fascinated about this story Copeland has imaginatively put together.One small quip is that there are strong echoes of Avatar in the story, and small similarities to Dan Simmon’s epic Hyperion series, but as I loved each of these, it is a much a blessing as a drawback.So three big cheers for Trey Copeland and his book Known Afterlife. I look forward to more from this author.