Enmitus: The Children

by Diane Major

When Corinna leaves the barren planet of Serenitus and travels home, it is clear that war is imminent. She returns to her much loved husband Tacari with grave news. Tacari’s father, Great Lord Zeal has been murdered, and his brother, Blayze is seriously wounded. Should their enemy Great Lord Michio recover from his injuries he will want revenge. The problems for the planet Enmitus have just begun. Princess Corinna will need all her strength and courage in the dark times ahead. There are battles to be fought, and children to look after in these perilous times. This is a story of love, hate, betrayal, danger and revenge.

260 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 3, 2013

Reviews

[P.J. LaRue · Rating 5 out of 5]

I received a free copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.

Ms. Major has created a sci/fi space travel series that draws the reader in. The many characters were colorful sometimes having long hidden agendas revealed well into the story. When love and friendship cross a galaxy, it creates deep interplanetary bonds that Ms. Major developed in detail. The characters and locations are described in detail so that the reader feels he or she is there, a silent observer in the story. Once the scenes are set, the pace of the story is fast. I found myself annoyed when I had to put the book down to do other tasks. I wanted to get to the end to find out what happened to all, both good and evil. Well worth reading. I hope there is another book in the series coming in the future.

[Peter Jenkins · Rating 5 out of 5]

This sci-fi fantasy has a wealth of drama and such a large cast of people that I was reminded of the Forsythe Saga. Clearly the author is big into relationships that take up a lot of time at the beginning. But even though this holds the drama at bay, the reader really does need to be fully informed of who is who or what. We are in the presence of Great Lords and Princesses, and are whisked about from planet to planet as the action takes place. At the beginning there is one obvious central character, Princess Corinna, and soon she takes a nice husband, Great Lord Tacari. The obvious villain in the piece is Great Lord Michio the cruel ruler of Verdantus. But all is not what it seems. The story ranges over many years and others emerge who are guilty of high crimes and nasty behaviour. But there is more: good people get bumped off as well as bad people. The ambition to be the dictator of one or more of the little clutch of planets infects people who you never guessed had the makings of a Lord and Lady McBeth. We do have moments to relax, however, while the ladies fashion beautiful gowns, and when weddings take place at such speed you don’t even have time to buy confetti. Then there’s Felix sneaking around the castle unseen, and several innocently reported bedtime romps. Above all, we have moments of horror, bloodthirsty mutants dand hungry serpsnakes, a quicksand, armies killing and being killed. and beastly things horrid people do to nice ones and nice people do to horrid ones. It all turns out for the best at the end (Phew!), but given their track record this extended family will probably be breeding another tyrant any time soon. I’m one of those odd birds who do not like reading books written in the present tense which changes voice and tense whenever the author chooses. Apart from that, Enmitus will keep you reading because you never know if something bad, I mean really bad, will happen to you.