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The Legacy of Skur Volume One by L.F. Falconer

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This is an incredible book. It teases you away from reality and drops you firmly in a new land, with all its beauty and ugliness laid bare before you. It’s an art, to steal the reader’s attention without them even noticing it. Looking down my Kindle, Abercrombie has it, Zelazny certainly possesses it, I grew up in Stephen Donaldson’s mind, and now Falconer has joined that band of literary thieves.
I was drawn in from the first words that Fane muttered from the pages. Fith the wizard, Jink the friend and Kael the older brother all coming alive in fast sequence. Their dialogue told me more about them than a description ever could, easy, somehow placing them straight into the scene and story. Real dialogue, not forced or stilted, dialogue that grows the setting rather than stilts the tale. Even in fantasy, problems, jealousy, and family wranglings all occur and these help to ground you and ready you for the fantastic journey ahead.
The Legacy Of Skur is a book I would wholeheartedly recommend, as I would any book by this author.




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An odd claim, don't you think? but one I'm happy to back up with sound reason. I have been reading 'Beyond The Occult' by Colin Wilson, and yes, that does dabble in a few theories regarding the dead and the not so dead, but Mr Wilson cannot claim, as I have, to have absolute proof of life after death.
There is one slight issue with my boast and that is that I can only find three instances so far, but then in truth, I only looked for an hour. Before I give away the secret of eternal life, or at least a place for you to start seeking it out, let me explain what I was doing.
I recently completed a little cozy mystery that involved a character called Ronald Rowntree and an unfortunate call Old Pete. I enjoyed writing it so much, I decided to write a sequel. So, from the ashes of 'Murder At The Jolly Jester' rose the next instalment 'Dead Souls Society', and thus the interest in the dead.

So, if you want to find out how I came to this conclusion, head over to http://www.planettommo.com/writing-stuff
and see what the fuss is all about.

With two books published and another just flirting with the horizon, is now the time to giveaway a load of books? Possibly not the most sensible thing to do, but I'm going to do it anyway.

Ezicash will be in a Goodreads giveaway from the 1st of December through to the 24th of December. I have review copies of 54th State to send out right now, and ARC copies of Murder at the Jolly Jester available from around December 10th, give or take. So, if you want some free stuff to read, then feel free pop over to my giveaway page.

http://www.planettommo.com/free-stuff...