Book of Remembrance

The Forgotten Gods #1

by Tania Johansson

With the Knowledge of what happened five thousand years ago lost to all but a few, the world is in danger of being caught unawares. In the time that Rakadamon has been locked away, he has not been sleeping. He put all his remaining power into wiping away all traces of our history. After all, how do you defend against something you know nothing about?

With the Dark Master stirring once more, only a few still preserve the Knowledge, and The Book of Remembrance is the only remaining written record. Unfortunately, Kadin is an orphan with no training and no Knowledge. Regardless, he is the one that must rise up and lead the resistance.

He discovers that he is blessed with Talents that will help him on his journey. One of these Talents, the Navitas calls Markai to him. She is of the Fae and a fierce ally who proves to have a crucial role to play in the resistance. He must find other Talented individuals, but soon realises he is not the only one searching for them. It becomes a race against the Dark Children and Twisted Ones...one which he cannot afford to lose.

Genres: Fantasy

383 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 5, 2012

About the author

I grew up in a small town called Ficksburg in South Africa and moved with my family to England aged fifteen.

I then completed my schooling through a correspondence course from South Africa. This challenging time taught me a lot of self-discipline and determination. Qualities that have been invaluable while writing my first novel.

In 2004 I started studying optometry at Aston University in Birmingham, UK, and currently I live and work as an optician in Kent.

In 2008, I married my wonderful husband, Tor. He has been such an amazing support and wealth of internet wizardry from when I started writing through to designing a cover for Book of Remembrance, to publishing my book on amazon as well as setting up this website. I cannot thank him enough.

Reading has always been one of my passions. I have fond memories of trawling through the library aged five (yes I was a geek from a young age!). More recently, I found myself wondering about the process writers must go through to complete a novel. I started thinking about how they would go about planning out a story and keeping track of all the various aspects of it. Finally, I decided to try my theories out. I have not looked back since!

I started writing Book of Remembrance end of May 2011 and finished it in December 2011. Since then, I have self-published it as an e-book on amazon. I have also started writing the follow up novel, which is untitled at the moment.

I hope this gives you a better idea of who I am, but any questions, I would love to hear them so please leave a comment in my guestbook!

Reviews

[Tomi · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story grabs you from the start, and the book is full of action. But something about it doesn't make me want to read the next one. It is a great stand alone book.

[Charlene · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book does suck you into the action right from the beginning! It starts with a prologue, a look at the perilous beginning (birth) of our hero, Kadin. It then takes you through Kadin's upbringing and the discovery of his Talents. This is just in the beginning of the novel, and the intricacy of the world building only increases, with an impressively complex history and narrative that takes Kadin through his rite of passage as a leader and soldier. The members of his party (The Alliance) that he must discover one by one, each have unique Talents that in the end complement the fulfillment of his quest. It was fun to discover the Talent of each member of the Alliance and I thought the most intriguing Talent belonged to Alathaya and her ability to slip into the past to send herself short messages.

I found this story action-packed and the narrative moved smoothly and swiftly til the end. The dialogue felt a little stilted at times, but this was a small issue that in no way detracted from the story's exciting scenes and the various surprises in it's direction. It's extremely imaginative and entertaining and I would highly recommend it to fantasy lovers.

[Frank James · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good read. You will be compelled to eat one handed so you can hold the book in the other.

Tania Johansson has written a real page turner. Overlook the misspelled words and the duplicated words, you will know what she means. This book really kept my interest. Just as I thought it would go one way it would masterfully turn and go another. Really a wonderful read. Thank you Tania.

[Richard Galloway · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed strong plot of this book, there were some really interesting concepts. I've dropped it to 4 stars because there was a little bit too much repetition surrounding wash water in the guest houses. I felt it was unnecessary packing out, and to be honest the book didn't need packing out, so don't let it put you off, the story is a good one and it's well told.

[Heathersbookreview · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an author request book. I really enjoyed it! The author, Tania, is really sweet and she did a really great job on the book!

[Sarah]

This book rattled me to the core! There's a difference between deliciously scared and terrified. I felt like reading this was unleashing something dark and sinister and couldn't finish it.

[bex · Rating 3 out of 5]

A weak 3 stars. Hard to get into it. It needs editing and the author (or editor) especially needs lessons in comma placement.