Review: Once Upon A Time, Long Ago in A Unique & Fascinating World
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 17, 2013
Do you like to escape into another world and time, walking among the its people and feeling what they feel, imagining what it would be like? With "Gardens of Ampheia," Joshua Silverman has created another journey into the world of Potara, first created in his novel "The Emerald Tablet," giving us a look into its past and the events that helped shape its present.Young Thea lives an isolated life with her adopted father who, in spite of being a farmer, insists on training her to fight like a warrior. When a terrible accident happens, Thea's life is turned upside down when she is sworn to never reveal the truth of that day, setting in motion events that will change history and her life.The attention to detail throughout the story creates a living and breathing world laced with the author's knowledge of ancient Greek history and its gods. Intended as an enhancement to the Legends of Amun Ra series, Gardens of Ampheia has succeeded in giving me my Potara fix until book two comes out!My thanks to Joshua Silverman for this copy in exchange for my honest review!