Review: A Dragon's Path to Ascension
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 26, 2012
Fantasy is one of those genres that is difficult for me. Some of my favorite authors belong to this genre, indeed a few of them are thought the very definition of it. As such I rarely find new titles wholly original. Perhaps this is why I found J.C. Harker's A Dragon's Path to Ascension so strikingly. A short piece in a genre of which I am an admittedly harsh judge, I never expected it to be whisked away on the wings of dragon into a world of such intense imagination.I am not going to go into the story, the novella is so short I am afraid any real examination of the plot would give something away and ruin it for other readers. Just the same, the concept of the Toivoans is nothing short of inspired and the manner in which their story is told, well suffice it to say I was most impressed by what Harker put together.I beg your indulgence for my vague descriptions, but if you are at all interested in high fantasy A Dragon's Path to Ascension is an absolute must read by a truly gifted storyteller.