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4.0
For Janus Roland, Erika Laesig, Mershad Shahab, Logan, Ryan, Derek, Lee Chan and several others, there lives will never be the same. Everyone was attending to their every day lives and going about their business when a mysterious mist rolls in. When the mist clears, everyone finds that they had been transported to a strange new land. There they will meet dangerous enemies as well as make some new friends.
Crown of Vengeance is book one in the Fires in Eden. A new series by author Stephen Zimmer. This book started out a little slow for me but it quickly progressed into an exciting and fantastic reading adventure. I wasn’t really interested in every move that the characters made at the beginning. What I liked the most was when the story would switch there would be a break with the name of the character whose turn it was. This I found nice as there were so many different characters, I was afraid that I would become lost and by doing it this way, I did not become lost but was able to focus on what was happening at that moment and got to know the characters better.
The illustrations that Matthew Perry did were wonderful. Mr. Perry is very talented. He helped bring the story to life. For me to say so many great things about a fantasy book is an accomplishment as these types of books used to be towards the bottom on my list that I was willing to read. This book with the help of Mr. Zimmer has restored my faith that fantasy makes for some thrilling reading.
Crown of Vengeance is book one in the Fires in Eden. A new series by author Stephen Zimmer. This book started out a little slow for me but it quickly progressed into an exciting and fantastic reading adventure. I wasn’t really interested in every move that the characters made at the beginning. What I liked the most was when the story would switch there would be a break with the name of the character whose turn it was. This I found nice as there were so many different characters, I was afraid that I would become lost and by doing it this way, I did not become lost but was able to focus on what was happening at that moment and got to know the characters better.
The illustrations that Matthew Perry did were wonderful. Mr. Perry is very talented. He helped bring the story to life. For me to say so many great things about a fantasy book is an accomplishment as these types of books used to be towards the bottom on my list that I was willing to read. This book with the help of Mr. Zimmer has restored my faith that fantasy makes for some thrilling reading.
chymerra's review
5.0
I loved this book. Because it was billed as "Christian fantasy", I was a little leary of reading it. But, man, I am glad I did!!
The story starts out with a mysterious fog covering a university campus, a lake and a national park. 11 people: Logan, Janus, Erika, Derek, Kent, Mershad, Antione, Erin, Lee, Ryan and Lynn get caught in it. When they finally make their way out of the fog, they are in a different world.
Here the adventure begins. A goup consisting of Logan, Janus, Erika, Derek, Kent, Mershad and Antioine are greeted by a mysterious person called "The Wanderer". They then meet up with the natives of the area.....a group of people very similar to American Indians.
The other people: Ryan, Lee, Erin and Lynn meetup also. They are almost caught by "dogfaced warriors" called the Torgan but are rescued by Gunther, The Woodsman.
Both groups of people are part of a prophecy and their nemesis, The Unifier, will stop at nothing to destroy them.
Like I said above, this book was great. It definetly held my attention.
Will I read it again? Yes and I want to read the 2nd book.
Will I refer it to family and friends? Yes!!
The story starts out with a mysterious fog covering a university campus, a lake and a national park. 11 people: Logan, Janus, Erika, Derek, Kent, Mershad, Antione, Erin, Lee, Ryan and Lynn get caught in it. When they finally make their way out of the fog, they are in a different world.
Here the adventure begins. A goup consisting of Logan, Janus, Erika, Derek, Kent, Mershad and Antioine are greeted by a mysterious person called "The Wanderer". They then meet up with the natives of the area.....a group of people very similar to American Indians.
The other people: Ryan, Lee, Erin and Lynn meetup also. They are almost caught by "dogfaced warriors" called the Torgan but are rescued by Gunther, The Woodsman.
Both groups of people are part of a prophecy and their nemesis, The Unifier, will stop at nothing to destroy them.
Like I said above, this book was great. It definetly held my attention.
Will I read it again? Yes and I want to read the 2nd book.
Will I refer it to family and friends? Yes!!
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