Review: `No matter the race, no matter the person, there is good and evil in all of us.'
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 12, 2013
Is there a trend rising, a trend in writing that pairs two writers - whether they are brothers, husband and wife, or in the case of this new novel, father and son?  Perhaps this is simply a previously unnoted means of communication, but it is one that may just serve us well in many ways. `Two minds are greater than one' sings out, but can two minds successfully create a single novel? If the recent highly acclaimed novel FIRST ACTIVATION by the brothers Wearmouth is a successful beginning then likely this novel BATTLE FOR HONOR: GATES by the father/son team Rich and Ryan Brousseau will follow a similar course of interest for readers. According to the minimal bio supplied, `Rich, the dad, uses his overactive imagination to lay the ground work for the story ideas. Ryan uses his talents to bring meaning, color and life to the tale.'The story will appeal to the rather large audience captivated by science fiction and epic thunderous clashes of a universe gone awry. It bounces around over time and introduces heroes and villains, gods and mortals, elves and dwarfs, the undead and the God of Death, all in a battle to restore order to a universe gone mad. It is a chess game between pre and post apocalyptic concepts and the reason it works is the ability the creators have in bringing life to this odd cast of characters. For those who relate to stories of this nature this novel will satisfy. For the rest of the reading public the writing is solid enough to overcome the need to suspend credibility and step into the bizarre world of Agora! Grady Harp, September 13