A review by capellan
The Backworlds by M. Pax

2.0

I really did want to like this. The book does a pretty good job of establishing the protagonist and making us want to see him succeed ... and then basically fail to give us anything like that. Instead we get lots of contrivance to keep him involved in events, most notably characters becoming dedicated friends and allies after knowing each other for a page or two. The text needs to work harder than it did if it wants me to buy into the level of loyalty being displayed.