Review: clearly a prologue
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 29, 2010
This novella is an extended prologue,  a sample of the writers work,  to entice you into buying the series.  I think it's a smart idea in principle,  to lure in uncertain browsers and give them a taste of what is to come.That being said,  this taste was enough for me.  I've read a lot of post apocalpytic fantasy,  and this wasn't bad by any means,  but it was completely average,  and did not stand out enough. This has a magic at it's core,  somehow some people have become imbued with spirit animals, and are working to establish new communities,  now that the government has appeared to fall a part completely. If you have not read many books on this topic,  this one may pull you in deeper,  but as I just finishedParable of the Sower,  which was both more powerful in content and in writing,  I'm giving this one a  pass.