Review: Eno’s World is a Fantasy Delight
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 27, 2014
The Stone Gods (Book Two, Eno the Thracian Series) by C. B Pratt is a fantasy set in ancient Egypt about Eno, a mercenary hired by the High Priest of Amun to find the murderer of the fifty sons of the Pharaoh Ramesses before the royal bloodline is decimated.Eno is on his way to the hilly homeland of Thrace to visit his mother when the haughty prince Hebnetma of Egypt intercepts him and proposes a job to find the royal assassin. Eno refuses, and on his way up a cursed mountain pass to his homeland, meets up with Naunet, a young Egyptian woman who was told by an oracle that Eno was to be her lover. Together they outwit the monster on the pass, make their way to Egypt, and find themselves in a swirl of swordsman-for-hire adventures.The Stone Gods is a fantasy delight set in the land of ancient Egypt. Eno’s world thrusts the reader into the thick heat of a desert day wrapped with bedazzling sun on sand. The characters are well drawn. Eno is experienced and practical, and contrasts well with Hebnetma who has a surprising reason for his aloofness. The biggest delight was Ramesses, a paradox of a ruler who showed a surprising humility about his place in the world.Discovering the murderer’s identity and motivations was an excellent study in human folly and intentions gone very wrong. The Stone Gods is recommended for fans of fantasy stories set in unusual worlds.