Review: FANTASTIC
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 19, 2014
I was browsing and came across this box set.  7 novels for $.99 who can go wrong. Really did expect too much from it.Well of course I was so wrong.  Each book is a different journey.  The starting point maybe  the same but the path taken by each author is so different.DEFENDER  I was hooked by the end of page 1.  Cyrus, Vara, Alaric, and all of the others are well developed . I close my eyes and can picture them with my mind's eye.  The conflicts among the members of Sanctuary are so real and the outcome painful to all even the reader.When the troupe goes on a quest you go with them.  Fast paced well written.  I got hooked.  I have Book 2 in the wingsWHITE TREE Book 1 in Cycle ArawanI have to admit it was slow going in the beginning.  Even his flight after finding the book was not the great.  But when Dante meets and hires Blays Buckler, not only the book but Dante came alive.  The escape  from the hangman, the trek to the White tree to save the realm, now came alive.  I am going to finish the trilogy  Good readTHE DARK CITADEL - East meets West in this series.  Sultans and knights, griffins and magic  2 slaves, a young queen and a young boy are on a mission to save the realm from an evil mage who will stop at nothing to claim all for his own.  Sounds boring?  But it is anything but boring.  Fast past well developed in both plot and characters  Yes, the rest of this series is now on my TO READ LISTDRAGONLORE  I have already read this trilogy and highly recommend alll the Dragonlore books.  I have Book 1 to Dawn of Dragons waiting to be read.SWORD OF ARACHON 1st of 3 in the Shader TrilogyI admit i was not impressed with the beginning of the book  You meet a sensitive 7 year who has seen his dog killed by a bully.  He carries the body home to bury it.  He meets his tutor .  Chapter 2 now Shader is 37 years old a warrior priest fighting for the right to wield the Sword of Arachon.  The subsequent chapters more than made up for the rather boring beginning of the book.  The cast of characters grew - an order of knights, a liche that appears to be obese, a interfering tutor, a guild of assasins- and the action none stop.  No the balance of the trilogy is not on my to read list because I have already finished it. Great reads all 3THE WEIGHT OF BLOOD (Half-Orcs)An twist on how far one brother will go to help another.  Harrauq  and Quarrah are half orc and half elf.They are not accepted by either  race.  Harrauq, the eldest does the bidding of his younger and sickly younger brother Quarrah.  What is done in thename of brotherly uuldinglove is horrendous.  Quarrah aligns himself with an evil mage and brings Harrauq for the ride.  A battle ensues and an unlikely ally-an elf-comes to their aid and helps them escape.  The more I read, the more i wanted to know.  Yes , this too has been added to my TO READ LIST(That list is so long now)RAVENWOOD  Okay who would think that a book about a 50-something wandering old lady would be interesting.  Turns out Tanyth Fairport is anything but boring.  A small woman traversing the kingdom trying to gather all the ancient lore from the last of the wise women.  Her goal is to write a book of herbs and healing.  She is on the last leg of her journey heading north to Gertie Pinecrest.  She spends the winter with a group of young men and women building.a town from scratch  It is in this tranquil gathering of souls that Tanyth begins having visions and feels her powerful attachment to the gods of the earth.  All in the unnamed village grow in spirit and strength.  I have finished this trilogy and waiting for the next installment.In short, this a great purchase,  But it and enjoyI