Review: Fast paced and enthralling - a must read for your Summer!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 5, 2014
I jumped into Kaye Wagner's well-crafted world a bit late in the game, finding "Hunters of the Grey Forest" first, while this novel is actually volume 2 in the series.  Normally, I would stop reading and download the previous work - yet this tale sucked me quickly.  I fumbled with the details for maybe 2 pages, then it no longer mattered because the action was on and the forest had swallowed them - and my imagination.Olly and Hiro are newly named Hunters, newbies that have yet to gain their badges, a symbol which will allow their status to be truly recognized throughout the land.  They may have passed the test (in book 1,) but the mark of a true hunter is returning from a Hunt in the Grey Forest with a treasure - and not just any treasure, but something valuable to other Hunters and the Union.  Wholly unprepared, these Dual Entries are left with the rest of their group at the edge of the forest with the sole mission to obtain a genuine treasure.  This task proves much, much harder than it sounds.  It isn't long before Olly and Hiro, the youngest Hunters to ever undertake such a challenge, are put to the test; facing terrible beasts, other Hunters and a confusing, maleficent Forest that seems alive.Entertaining and action packed, this is a novel sure to please fans of Fantasy and Science Fiction both.  While this tale did not strike me as dystopian, I did garner that impression of the overall series via descriptions and reviews.  I going to backtrack and read Volume 1 now while I eagerly await the release of Volume 3, currently slated to hit the shelves on July 30th, 2014.