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Blackwing Volume 1
Blackwing Volume 1 contains the first five novellas of the Blackwing
1: To Kill a Necromancer
2: Hetgarib's Curse
3: The Horned Guardian
4: Ghost Peak
5: The Slain Princess
Jinua's first mission as a paladin is to kill an evil necromancer that's taken over a small town. But not all is as it appears, and soon the young paladin finds herself allying with a necromancer, someone she's been taught to believe is evil and irredeemable.
As the unlikely duo follow a twisted, dangerous trail to find who's sowing the seeds of blood and hatred throughout the continent, Jinua must confront every truth she's ever believed and question the very foundation of her faith and place in the world.
1: To Kill a Necromancer
2: Hetgarib's Curse
3: The Horned Guardian
4: Ghost Peak
5: The Slain Princess
Jinua's first mission as a paladin is to kill an evil necromancer that's taken over a small town. But not all is as it appears, and soon the young paladin finds herself allying with a necromancer, someone she's been taught to believe is evil and irredeemable.
As the unlikely duo follow a twisted, dangerous trail to find who's sowing the seeds of blood and hatred throughout the continent, Jinua must confront every truth she's ever believed and question the very foundation of her faith and place in the world.
- GenresFantasy
493 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 29, 2023
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October 13, 2023
Introduced to the author through tiktok where I quite often enjoy and respect their content I took a shot at one of their books about the moment I was able to order a hardcopy.
This is a series of 5 fantasy novellas that tell a story of friendship and growing past generational institutionalized bigotry and hate for 'the other' group.
The story is fun and the characters are each distinct in their voice and their banter. But we have some trouble from the novella format never quite getting to break away from the needs of an episodic story instead of one with more direct growth. The world building is also weak from the novella format, the story is on the backs of the main characters or nothing at all because there is little interesting or really explored to the word itself. The writing was good, and someone clearly actually trusted their editing team to actually catch almost every single error before it hit print which was a fantastic relief and not one we get to see in a story collection like this very often.
The one part it really nails is following the authors views, privately and publicly supporting the LGBTQ community. Of all the protagonists I dont think there isnt a single straight CIS character (one is sorta up in the air, we will see), and never once is it the diversity played for laughs or treated as anything less than perfectly normal, acceptable, and healthy.
Bonus points for maybe having the best written depiction of how 5.0 Oath Paladins work in practice that I have ever read.
Honestly? Its nothing special, it wont redefine a genre, but its nice to know it exists and that even if its never going to hit my top 20 its absolutely worth a place on my shelf. And if anyone wants some LGTBQ+ positive fantasy writing? You could do so much worse.
This is a series of 5 fantasy novellas that tell a story of friendship and growing past generational institutionalized bigotry and hate for 'the other' group.
The story is fun and the characters are each distinct in their voice and their banter. But we have some trouble from the novella format never quite getting to break away from the needs of an episodic story instead of one with more direct growth. The world building is also weak from the novella format, the story is on the backs of the main characters or nothing at all because there is little interesting or really explored to the word itself. The writing was good, and someone clearly actually trusted their editing team to actually catch almost every single error before it hit print which was a fantastic relief and not one we get to see in a story collection like this very often.
The one part it really nails is following the authors views, privately and publicly supporting the LGBTQ community. Of all the protagonists I dont think there isnt a single straight CIS character (one is sorta up in the air, we will see), and never once is it the diversity played for laughs or treated as anything less than perfectly normal, acceptable, and healthy.
Bonus points for maybe having the best written depiction of how 5.0 Oath Paladins work in practice that I have ever read.
Honestly? Its nothing special, it wont redefine a genre, but its nice to know it exists and that even if its never going to hit my top 20 its absolutely worth a place on my shelf. And if anyone wants some LGTBQ+ positive fantasy writing? You could do so much worse.
April 25, 2025
Excellent read!
This story had very solid character development such that, as you went through the nested set of story arcs , you could identify with them and become invested with your reading. ❤️ I enjoyed the character development, and I also really enjoyed the world building - which was just excellent. Imaginative, creative, well rendered, and communicated. It just created this whole context for everything that you were reading that made the experience even better. My compliments on being able to build a realistic and welcoming world to explore.
This story had very solid character development such that, as you went through the nested set of story arcs , you could identify with them and become invested with your reading. ❤️ I enjoyed the character development, and I also really enjoyed the world building - which was just excellent. Imaginative, creative, well rendered, and communicated. It just created this whole context for everything that you were reading that made the experience even better. My compliments on being able to build a realistic and welcoming world to explore.
July 30, 2024
Totally worth the wait
When these books first came out I was broke and couldn't buy them. However, these books were worth the wait. Great job and keep them coming. I wanna know more!
When these books first came out I was broke and couldn't buy them. However, these books were worth the wait. Great job and keep them coming. I wanna know more!
January 16, 2025
Wonderful
Well written. Can feel the conflict of emotions in each of the characters. Easy to connect to the characters and their issues
Well written. Can feel the conflict of emotions in each of the characters. Easy to connect to the characters and their issues
June 12, 2025
I can’t wait for the next book in this series to come out!
August 2, 2025
Good Cozy Fantasy
I enjoyed the characters in this book and the magic system is very unique and interesting. I am excited for the story to continue.
I enjoyed the characters in this book and the magic system is very unique and interesting. I am excited for the story to continue.
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