Review: WORLD OF DANGERS AND HORRORS, AND SURVIVAL
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 2, 2013
This well-planned story is set around the few thousand remnants of the human race following a global cataclysm, who eke out a precarious existence in an area supportive of human life. Their existence is dependent upon a water-pool, which is no longer replenishing itself; they have one month in which to find alternative sources. Parties are sent out, eventually to secure the area around Dunein, where they need to relocate. They experience a succession of graphically-described, vicious battles with an assortment of foes: trolls; sand golems; Sanghouls, who live in sand dunes; giant scorpions and snakes; immortal Ovites (unless decapitated); and mermen. Later they form an alliance with a tribe of elves against the Sanghouls. This is an exciting, action-filled tale, brilliantly and imaginatively plotted and written, with believable characters such as the hunter Athmane, and Faria, who are thrown together to face the dangers and horrors of such turbulent times. The story ends with matters still unresolved. I was kept in suspense throughout, and I can't wait for the next instalment.