Requiem

The Eternal Gateway #1

by S.B. Jones

Angela had a abandon everything for a prophecy that wasn't hers or fight for her people. She chose wrong and died. This is her chance to choose again. 

Kail was born with a magical inheritance he knew nothing about, and he suddenly finds himself at the center of a vengeance filled power struggle left over from a war before he was born. 

Brought together by a time traveling mage known as the Guardian and with the help from a captain of an experimental airship, they will set about unlocking hidden powers on a journey that takes them across the world and to the edge of time. 

The Eternal Gateway trilogy by SB Jones is a science fiction, steampunk adventure with time travel and fantasy elements. 

Book Requiem, now available. 

Book Guardian, now available. 

Book Sentinel, now available.

Genres: Fantasy, Steampunk, Science Fiction, Time Travel

336 pages, Paperback

First published June 20, 2011

Reviews

[Douglas Cook · Rating 4 out of 5]

First paragraph, "Xavier Ross stood on top of the tallest building bordering between the upper class area, the transport loading docks near the river and massive train systems that stretched between the great cities.  The night sky was obscured by thick low clouds that would be tomorrow’s fog when the temperature cooled.  The light from the oil powered city lamps lit the bottom of the clouds and cast a faint glow across the cityscape.  Xavier paced from one corner of the roof to the other.  Things were bad in the world.  The largest city state to the north had its government overthrown and replaced, rumor had, by Therion of the disbanded Mage Council.  The clockwork factories there were creating new weapons of war as fast as materials could be fed into them." 

Jones, SB (2011-06-20). Requiem (The Eternal Gateway) (Kindle Locations 98-103). SBJones Publishing. Kindle Edition.

[Morv · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is just not very well done.
The general idea is great, but character wise? I really didn't care about any of them. The character's just came across as rather flat, even when they were being funny or humorous I just couldn't get to grips with them, they were just bland characters.

Plotwise it was good, the general idea of the story was interesting and rather different, but the characters that are needed to support the plot and keep it moving just failed to do so.

[bex · Rating 1 out of 5]

I gave up in chapter 19. A little over halfway through. It needs editing. It needs character development and depth. I tired of wasting my time on something that was such a mess. Even a little over halfway I found myself not caring for any of the characters, because I didn't have a sense of any of them. So why bother reading when I couldn't care less whether they lived or died?

[AH]

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[Lindsay · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a good book with a great story. Plenty of action and a good tempo.

But it needs some editing and the dialogue is quite clunky.

Still looking at buying the next book to see how it continues.

[eva]

Awesome

if you want it all this book is it. science fiction, fantasy, magic the only thing that is missing is space travel and aliens. can't wait for book 2

[Ian · Rating 5 out of 5]

thank you for a great yarn