Review: Fateful fun
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 15, 2013
I really enjoyed "Child of Fate", which is a traditional but unique adventure story. Young Alto lives on a farm, and has never seen a battle until the day his father is killed by marauding goblins. Subsequently, he joins the Blades of Leander, a band of goblin-slaying heroes. The Blades headquarter in a settlement called Portland, but they certainly aren't hipsters. During his quest, Alto has to fight not only goblins, but trolls, dragons and other ghouls. He tastes terror and triumph in equal measure. Armed with a magical broadsword, forged by a sea witch, how could he fail? Well I guess there are a few ways...Well worth a read, especially for the cliffhanger ending.