Review: A fun story about magic and mages
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 2, 2013
I have always had a keen interest in stories involving magic and mages. I was so sick to death of hearing about the Harry Potter franchise that I wanted to find a story about magic that wasn't getting too much attention. I discovered the book "Recruited Mage" by David Fredric and it has a unique story from a self published author. However, there were a number of grammatical errors that should have been corrected before it was published to a buyers' market. But, I know that self published authors don't have the money or resources to hire editors to proofread their work like the big time authors do. So, I won't hold the grammatical mistakes against him. The story itself is original and kept my attention.As for the story, it is about a mage named Samuel who is an apprentice to a scribe. He discovers that he resides in a kingdom where mages are put to death for no reason except simply for being one. When he is conscripted into a new army in that kingdom, he faces a challenge of hiding his secret from the rest of the army while invading other kingdoms. I don't want to give anything else away, but I must say this story had me hooked. It started out very fast paced with the action, but then sort of slowed down towards the middle. I know that writing the middle of a story can be difficult sometimes, but at least at the end the action picked up again and left you wanting more. I cannot wait to read the next book in this series because it has definitely caught my interest. With some proofreading, this could be a best seller on Amazon if it got the attention of the right people. I am sure this author will have success here.