num_pages: 352
description: These pirates who just kidnapped Ella seem to think that she knows the location of the Gwambis Lost City of Gold. Sure her father died looking for the Gwambi city but that doesnt mean she knows anything about it. Her mother wouldnt even let her read the one book they owned on the lost Gwambi city. Mind you she read every other book in the house-every other book in the parishso she knows a thing or two. The question is can she do anything with all that head knowledge? I mean does it matter if she can positively identify the difference between a gnome a leprechaun and a nymph if she cant defend herself when they are trying to stab her in the gut? And lets not even start talking about the sorcererWith a focus on immersive world-building that features fully developed fantasy races deeply religious colonists and labor riots My Fathers Land draws as much from JRR Tolkien and Indiana Jones as it does from Charles Dickens. The Gwambi Tetralogy borders on magical realism and is a faith-based and character-driven spin on the fantasy genre.
language: English
title: My Father's Land
publisher: None