Review: This is Harry Potter for adults.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 3, 2014
What if a modern educated and tech savvy young lady suddenly finds herself snatched out of our reality, and ends up in an alternate universe, or is it? Is it another universe or simply another planet somewhere that the aether allows magic as the basis of society, and not technology? Would you see problems as the mundanes(the muggles) suffer under a feudal society based on the whims of sorcerers and witches, and royal blood has true meaning because the power of magic is in the blood?If there is such a thing as a Harry Potter novel written for adults, this is it. The depth of the characters, and the main character, Emily, the depths of imaginative story telling is itself magical, including something never seen before; a believable theory of magick as programming. What would happen then, if this backwards feudal society, was introduced to technology?Chris Nuttall has truly exceeded mundane expectations in this tale of magick merged with technology. A universe where the past and the future, become one, as a society begins to fracture because of Emily's introductions of technology, and her great skill at learning magick. Including her techno-magical defeat of the worst of the worst, the Necromancer, which earns her the title of; the Necromancer's Bane. But beware, reading this tale is like eating potato chips, once you start, you can't stop...