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A review by charkinzie
The Century's Scribe by Brendan Walsh
3.0
This is a high-fantasy book that has some epic world-building in it. There are three storylines going in this novel and I appreciated them all.
Dreden, Gerrika, and Chanin live in Kroonsaed and are university students. Their home is dealing with the ever-encroaching Sunitan Sea. It is known to kill people if they breathe it in! One night after Uni, the friends go for a walk by the ocean and are attacked by figures who emerge from the very sea they've been warned about their entire lives.
Cipre is an editor...but she's beginning to find the stories she reads ... boring. There aren't any new stories and she is looking for something more exciting. A series of earthquakes open the ground and Cipre ventures inside when she thinks that she has seen a reptilian creature in the darkness below ground.
I enjoyed the varied characters in this story. From the main characters to the supporting cast, all are very well developed and individual. Gerrika was a favorite of mine. He is an aveho, a bird-like fellow with unique skills! The descriptions of his species are lovely and detailed... I could read an entire book about the aveho alone! As a rare species in the world of humans, Gerrika has faced a lot of discrimination. Very timely if you ask me!
As the book progresses, the storylines begin to come together. Be aware that this book doesn't wrap up the story! There's a second book coming.
Dreden, Gerrika, and Chanin live in Kroonsaed and are university students. Their home is dealing with the ever-encroaching Sunitan Sea. It is known to kill people if they breathe it in! One night after Uni, the friends go for a walk by the ocean and are attacked by figures who emerge from the very sea they've been warned about their entire lives.
Cipre is an editor...but she's beginning to find the stories she reads ... boring. There aren't any new stories and she is looking for something more exciting. A series of earthquakes open the ground and Cipre ventures inside when she thinks that she has seen a reptilian creature in the darkness below ground.
I enjoyed the varied characters in this story. From the main characters to the supporting cast, all are very well developed and individual. Gerrika was a favorite of mine. He is an aveho, a bird-like fellow with unique skills! The descriptions of his species are lovely and detailed... I could read an entire book about the aveho alone! As a rare species in the world of humans, Gerrika has faced a lot of discrimination. Very timely if you ask me!
As the book progresses, the storylines begin to come together. Be aware that this book doesn't wrap up the story! There's a second book coming.