Review: A Man's Man's Tale
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 20, 2012
When I read Warmage, and read all this graphic details of war in the trenches, I can't help but be reminded of Mel Gibson's Braveheart.  Yes, back in the days, before this formerly handsome and charismatic actor fell from public grace, he made some pretty good movies.  And Braveheart was among his better works.I suspect that the author, Terry Mancour, takes secret delight in exploring the inhumanity of the goblin race, and the depth of their immoral turpitude towards the "humani."  Indeed, the acts that these goblins commit in the name of their Dead God are gross, gruesome, and vile.With the stage set, the hero, in the form of our Minalan the common born Spellmonger, rides across the Duchies to convince the rulers of the realms to raise their banner, galvanize their armies, and meet this onslaught of goblin armies invading the human realms.  Interestingly, the author decides to make a side story out of the process through which Minalan became Marshal and commander of these armies.  But the main focus is on dealing with the goblin invaders, and seeing how Minalan, as general, utilizes war craft and spell craft to deal with them.At the end of the day, though, the author makes the reader wonder who are the real monsters in Warmage.