Spellmonger: Spellmonger, Book 1

It was a peaceful, beautiful little fief, far from the dangerous feudal petty squabbles of the Five Duchies, on the world of Callidore. Then one night Minalan is forced to pick up his mageblade again to defend his adopted home from the vanguard of an army of goblins - gurvani, they call themselves - bent on a genocidal crusade against all mankind. When the people look to him for hope, Minalan does his best, but the odds are depressing: there are multitudes of goblins, and they want Boval Vale as a staging ground for a vengeful invasion of the whole Five Duchies. For six months things went well: He

"Can't stop readingbut I do have to overlook the issues." according to Neil E Howell. For the series overall, I have read some of the reviews, and some of the issues are there. I think the biggest issue for me, is that it seems rushed, as there are errors throughout.not constant mind you, but missing words, miss spellings, wrong character/place, etc. Unfortunate, but as long as one does not make it upset them, it's easy to move on.The writing style is interesting. First personmostly, though written as if this was after the wars and the main character had time to reflect and write about what happenedthough that said, it does not always feel that way.Battle details (I'm not . "Legendary" according to Silver Chain. If you are into magic, wizardry, fantasy and badass spellmongers this is the book for you.It wasn't a long time ago when I saw the book in my recommended list of books, being an avid fantasy fanboy. Asalways, I would treat any serious with scepticism eager to see whether the book would grow on me, as being a veteran on fantasy elements having read LOTR Wheel o Time and various other titles in my spare time. But I did not expect the book to be this good.I will not speak about the fantastic plot and the world building I done in this book nor will I speak about the intricate system of magic . Charles T. said In a magical world, where no one knows what humility is. I enjoy sword and sorcery books, especially time and again where magic is abundant and treated with the same prowess as would engineering or science in the modern era. However what this story has in setting and compelling elements it severely lacks in character and development. The author continually causes me to roll my eyes in heavy handed convenience and a severe lack of humility for any of his characters. Page after page is little more than repeated "one-upmanship" as arrogance is the true coin of the realm and magic seems to be fueled by short sighted lack of empathy. I finally put t