Review: Better than many seem to think
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 15, 2013
For the sake of transparency, I will say I have not read any of the Mongoliad Trilogy, so I am reviewing this Prequel with no prejudice.By definition, a prequel is: "A literary, dramatic, or cinematic work whose narrative takes place before that of a preexisting work or a sequel.".At the end of the book, the author writes: "...and to the writers of the Mongoliad trilogy--Greg, Erik, Joe, E.D., Cooper, and Neal--who graciously let me run off with these two characters for a little while". This is exactly what he did, he ran off with it, and he did it well. He wrote of early Christians and the plight they suffered. He also included witchcraft and wove it together with talent.A prequel is short and it is often hard to get what you want to say into the right amount of pages. I think he wrote well to the times this prequel is supposed to be, he tells his story, and leaves room for more adventure of these 2 brave men and he did it in 56 pages. Not an easy task by far.