Review: One of the Best Fantasy Series I've Read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 5, 2013
Enchantment's Reach: 4 Into the Dark FlameBy Martin AshKing Leth traverses the strange realm, searching for his lost children. He sees things that are not things, sights and horrors that sicken his soul and worst of all - The Nothing, which is but isn't and defies description. Orbelon whispers things to him which he cannot hear. All Leth can do is continue on his mighty steed, Swiftwind, both of them encased in magical armor. He senses more than sees a flutter of a shadow; a light brush of a butterfly wing. Lakewater acknowledges this phenomenon with no explanation, yet she seems pleased he is aware of it.King Leth, now called `The Swordbearer,' because he is the only one - the `awaited one' that could pull the magical sword from the stone. He is the only hope to the small band of people he'd come upon earlier, even as he insists he is not the god they've awaited. All Leth wants is to find his children, his wife and his way back to Enchantment's Reach. And so, the `awaited one,' has little choice but to find the monstrous god-creature, Ascaria, the devourer of dreams, and slay her; preventing the end of this world.Urch-Malmain, a treacherous, ancient entity, whom Leth comes upon in his travels, relates his own experience with the portal -- created by a deity and dangerously unstable. His own darling Hellia, came to him through it, hysterical but intact. She is not the beauty who blinds him with her sensuality, and her true name should perhaps be `Hell'. Yet it is through this treacherous portal that the King must go to slay Ascaria and find his family.Meanwhile Queen Issul and her men are attacked. She barely manages to save the tiny casket which still houses the essence of the god, Orbelon. Shenwolf, whom she had grown to trust, appears to be a traitor and the Legendary Child is now with Grey Venger. The situation could not be worse -- or could it?Author Martin Ash continues to captivate his readers in this fourth book of the 'Enchantment's Reach' series. His writing is intense, forging forward through sometimes terrifying scenes with the agility of a born storyteller. More shocking surprises, betrayals and adventures await the reader in the next book of the series, 'Enchantment's Reach: 5 What Lies Within.Micki Peluso: writer, journalist, and author of . . . And the Whippoorwill Sang