Review: Pirates and elephants and green men, oh my!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 26, 2013
A fantasy novel with a twist.  The author's somehow combined a frontier (almost western) novel with a pre-history fantasy story and has done it VERY well.  Very well written, with very good three-dimensional characters and a 'hunt-the-bad-guys-and-get-revenge' novel that has evolved way past others of its ilk.  The two main characters, a mountain man and an unknown and unwanted great-nephew set out to find the men who ransacked and pillaged the boy's village.  Sounds trite, but it's an uncomfortable relationship at the beginning that develops into something more.  So not only do you have the fun of what they encounter along the way, you see this relationship between two very diverse people change into one of mutual respect.  I would very much recommend this book.  I just wish it were LONGER, lol.