Review: A highly entertaining read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 28, 2011
I did not know what to expect when I downloaded a sample onto my android phone.  But as soon as I finished the sample, I bought the book ASAP.  Spellmonger, to my surprise, is a humorous and at times snarky story about a mage who wants to leave behind his soldiering past, and spend his idyllic days in a village using his magic powers for pedestrian, but non-violent purposes.  Alas, the hero, Minalan, finds himeself forced to take up arms once again to save his village, and more.The characters, while flawed, do interact with one another, and has highly divergent perspectives on how things should happen.  Furthermore, the author shows tremendous imagination in turning your typical, wimpy wizard into a devastatingly deadly warmonger.  Indeed, Terry Mancour's warmage is adept at swordplay and wandplay alike.  To me, Spellmonger is an ode to mages and their magical abilities in warcraft.My only disappointment is in finding out that the author hasn't written a sequel yet.  (WHAT'S THE HOLDUP???)