I can’t help but think the second book will be some sort of Xtian tome exhorting the virtues of religion.

The characters felt thin, lacking in emotional depth. Their language and word usage alternated between almost-modern and passably-early-queens-english. I had a hard time identifying with any of the characters, probably because they felt underdeveloped.

As for the backdrop for the story – that aspect was similarly given short treatment. I wasn’t expecting 20 page Tolkeinesque dispositions on the geological history of every mountain range, but I never had a good visualization of what the world looked like.

Loved the book. Left me hanging. Where is the next one? Love PID by the way!

The story – yes it’s simple. But its not always easy to tell a simple tale. What kept me going was the quality narration and the first person POV. DG’s telling of Davian’s account of these events is comelling – even when the events themselves are not. I was disappointed that we did not get a more robust picture of the world and its people. I was free to put this story into a generic “Neverwinter Nights” kind of environment and that made it less enjoyable. Which gets to my main complaint.

While not a bully pulpit, this story, especially the resolution, becomes an awkward stump for religion. Thankfully DG stopped short of giving us a full sermon, but his intentions are not easily masked.

Overall a good addition to the PB catalog. I look forward to DG pursuing this story and hope his personal faith does not further alienate me. 3.5-4 stars

The good thing is I made it to the end which is always a good sign that a tale is well told. So many of the books you find here really need a lot more work before being posted on this site, and this one is no excpetion.
It suffers from a mild amount of repetition, character rambling and sloppy prose. All this is not too bad and could easily be fixed with a little tightening up. The Characters speak in some kind of semi old English which I think hams the story up a bit, or possibly it just doesn’t work with the orators accent… I’m not sure. I was stumped half way through the tale by the intrusion of Sci-fi on what I originally and completely considered to be a classic fantasy story, but I have to say even though it was a surprise it wasn’t handled badly at all. It really isn’t for me to say the writer should or should not do this, that is soley his choice, but it is a strange combination.

That said, this author really is a good story teller. It is easy for me to say he has a way to go in perfecting this tale, as for all I know this is a hundreth rewrite, but still I think it needs work as it has the potential to be a lot better. The characters are vibrant and realistic, the pace is good, and for the most part the story is engaging. I would like to see more from this author as he definately has a lot of potential.

**!!Spolier Warning!!**

Starts strong.

In a fairly standard AD&D fantasy world…
* A magical knight/professional dragon slayer is sent into a region where his fellow slayers and the dragons they hunt are going mad.
* Abducted by rogues he is blackmailed into using his powers for evil.
* Knight’s (comic relief) sidekick adopts a cute dog and assists in freeing them from the rogues.
* Knight begins hallucinating and becomes a threat to his companions.

Pretty good so far! Like I said a strong start. The hallucinations really hooked me.

Then we encounter a silver-suited spaceman who is one red shirt away from being a Starfleet crewman, and tells us that a Medieval villain has captured his space ship and is using it’s technology to take over the world.

Okay… I think the willing suspension of disbelief was stretched into the Golden Gate bridge.

Sorry, you lost me.