Review: Great beginning of a wonderful series
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 21, 2013
I picked this book up for free through Pixel of Ink.  Not ever hearing of this author and not reading any reviews, I went into this book blind.  I have to say this was quite interesting read for me.First, this book started off a little slow for me.  With all the arguing in the beginning of the book between Lannon's parent's, I almost gave up on this book.  All I thought was, if this is the way the book is headed, I'm not going to like this.  Finally the story picked up and started to get intersting.Next, I found this book to be a lot like, "Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter."  At times I was expecting to hear Vorden call his black sword, "My Precious."  I also looked for the name Slitherin to pop up somewhere.  This story did hold it's own in some parts.  However, with the trolls and goblins, trees that came to life, and dark magic, it resembled Harry Potter all to much.  Also, with the adventure that Lannon, Vorden, Timlin, Jarret and Aldreya, it resembled the return of the ring to Mordor.I did however enjoy this book.  I did get wrapped up in the quest to find the answer to the Goblin Puzzle.  I became very upset with Vorden throughout this book.  I have a feeling that this young man is going to find some BIG trouble for his friends.I am going to invest in the second book, Knights:  The Hand of Tharnin.  I also see that there is a third book, Knights: The Hearts of Shadows.  I will have to read the second book before I jump and purchase both.  I'm hoping that in the second story, we will learn more of Lannon and his friends.  I'm curious about Timlin and what has happen in his past.  I also want to know about Cordus, Taris and the rest of the Tower Masters.  There are some very intersting characters throughout this book that could be more developed.