One is kept glued as the epic unfolded on many fronts and finally merge at the end of the novel. In a nutshell, there are 2 brothers. The older one, Galefried is the favourite of the father. He has an infant son, Wistan. Galefried is portrayed as the leader without vision or brain. The younger Son, the treacherous Leferic is described as brainy with a vision. He hired the Maimed Witch (Severine) from Ang'arta (this is the evil kingdom) to kill his brother so that he can inherit his father's fiefdom, the Bull's March. A whole village, Willowfield (part of the kingdom of Oakharn) was decimated by the witch. Murder was via bloodmist, invoked by spells. But the blame on this murder fell on the Kingdom of Langmyr. Both kingdoms have never been able to exist peacefully for long. Somehow, Bryss (a mercernary knight of Galefried) survived and so did baby Wistan. From the village, Odosse, a common peasant baker girl survived too with her baby Aubry because she was away from the village. Brys and Odosse met and thus are forced together for survival.
The epic weaves treachery, loyalty, cruelty and goodness with the latter prevailing at the end but with too many loose ends. The bodies of Sir Kelland and Severine disappeared after their duel, leaving Bitharn heartbroken. Sir Kelland is a Blessed Knight, committed to his cause and is supposed to be celibate. Leferic sealed his inheritance of Oakharn after he declared Aubry as Wistan to seal his dead brother's liegemen's allegiance to him. His debts problems (inherited from his bro) are solved by his dead sis-in-law rich parents after they were informed of their (impostor) grandson's miraculous survival. Wistan had actually died because he was never quite well after making it through the bloodmist. There is plenty of room for a sequel as you can see... Bitharn's quest for Sir Kelland, the fate of Oakharn under Leferic, the future of Aubry (now Wistan, the heir to the Bull's March fiefdom), the peace between the kingdoms of Oakharn and Langmyr, the struggle between Kliasta and Celestia via the witches and blessed knights.... The novel is newly published. It will take some time to see whether readers catch on and get hooked... but with fantasies like this, I won't be surprised. Might even see a movie out of this. 8)
The Maimed Witch, Severine (kinda reminds me of Severus Snape from Harry Porter) is as cruel and horrific one can get where evil is concerned. The relationship between the Blessed Knight, Kelland and his companion Bitharn pulls at your heartstrings, the sacrifice one makes for a greater cause. Yet that very same thing caused him to falter in his duel with the Maimed Witch. It's an interesting read.
The epic weaves treachery, loyalty, cruelty and goodness with the latter prevailing at the end but with too many loose ends. The bodies of Sir Kelland and Severine disappeared after their duel, leaving Bitharn heartbroken. Sir Kelland is a Blessed Knight, committed to his cause and is supposed to be celibate. Leferic sealed his inheritance of Oakharn after he declared Aubry as Wistan to seal his dead brother's liegemen's allegiance to him. His debts problems (inherited from his bro) are solved by his dead sis-in-law rich parents after they were informed of their (impostor) grandson's miraculous survival. Wistan had actually died because he was never quite well after making it through the bloodmist. There is plenty of room for a sequel as you can see... Bitharn's quest for Sir Kelland, the fate of Oakharn under Leferic, the future of Aubry (now Wistan, the heir to the Bull's March fiefdom), the peace between the kingdoms of Oakharn and Langmyr, the struggle between Kliasta and Celestia via the witches and blessed knights.... The novel is newly published. It will take some time to see whether readers catch on and get hooked... but with fantasies like this, I won't be surprised. Might even see a movie out of this. 8)
The Maimed Witch, Severine (kinda reminds me of Severus Snape from Harry Porter) is as cruel and horrific one can get where evil is concerned. The relationship between the Blessed Knight, Kelland and his companion Bitharn pulls at your heartstrings, the sacrifice one makes for a greater cause. Yet that very same thing caused him to falter in his duel with the Maimed Witch. It's an interesting read.
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