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They Who Linger: Book One: The Everlight Saga
Ireolden has seen many Ages come and go and always the Volskaia were involved somehow.
Shem was imprisoned at the end of the First Shadowfall when he and his minions were defeated by Vargus and his Volskaian kin. Shem has spent thousands of years plotting his revenge and will stop at nothing to bring about the Second Shadowfall.
Festus has been chronicling and studying the history of Ireolden his whole life but now that his adventuring years are long behind him, he yearns for those days and misses his friends deeply and the tales they had to tell.
Corlag and Branick have lived many lives on Ireolden, experiencing the birth and death of numerous ages and races. While Branick seems content to be living a quiet life, Corlag is restless beyond measure and haunted by increasingly frequent dreams that indicate the current age is coming to an end. The discovery of an ancient artifact fragment will lead them to places they would never have expected.
Syndara and Aileesha are nomadic hunters from the village of Garomvol, high in the Obodoon Mountains, that will be set on a journey across the world when they also discover an ancient artifact fragment on a return trip from the snowy plains that are their hunting fields.
They Who Linger begins an adventure through the end of an age and the birth of a new world amidst a battle between light and darkness for the very soul of the universe.
Ages end. Heroes rise. Death comes for all.
Will you stand in the light, or be consumed by darkness?
Shem was imprisoned at the end of the First Shadowfall when he and his minions were defeated by Vargus and his Volskaian kin. Shem has spent thousands of years plotting his revenge and will stop at nothing to bring about the Second Shadowfall.
Festus has been chronicling and studying the history of Ireolden his whole life but now that his adventuring years are long behind him, he yearns for those days and misses his friends deeply and the tales they had to tell.
Corlag and Branick have lived many lives on Ireolden, experiencing the birth and death of numerous ages and races. While Branick seems content to be living a quiet life, Corlag is restless beyond measure and haunted by increasingly frequent dreams that indicate the current age is coming to an end. The discovery of an ancient artifact fragment will lead them to places they would never have expected.
Syndara and Aileesha are nomadic hunters from the village of Garomvol, high in the Obodoon Mountains, that will be set on a journey across the world when they also discover an ancient artifact fragment on a return trip from the snowy plains that are their hunting fields.
They Who Linger begins an adventure through the end of an age and the birth of a new world amidst a battle between light and darkness for the very soul of the universe.
Ages end. Heroes rise. Death comes for all.
Will you stand in the light, or be consumed by darkness?
358 pages, Paperback
Published April 12, 2024
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December 19, 2024
Aiming to emulate classic fantasy novel series like The Lord of the Rings or later iterations seen in the The Eye of the World, this first book in 'The Everlight Saga' proceeds along the same meandering vein - which can come across as an old school narrative to the uninitiated.
Even for videogamers, this book by a Game Designer with over a decade's experience may sound draggy at the initial stages - for much of the key plot developments take place in the last fifth of the first book. Patience to stick through the earlier worldbuilding pays off, but the author continues to keep many critical details unexplained.
The brief preview of the second book hints at a similar pattern in the narrative for the series as a whole and could be trying for contemporary readers used to faster plot developments. Personally, I would pick up this book and indulge in the series only if I could afford to while the days away with nothing else but lounging in the sun at a poolside. Not recommended for those who want quick reads.
Even for videogamers, this book by a Game Designer with over a decade's experience may sound draggy at the initial stages - for much of the key plot developments take place in the last fifth of the first book. Patience to stick through the earlier worldbuilding pays off, but the author continues to keep many critical details unexplained.
The brief preview of the second book hints at a similar pattern in the narrative for the series as a whole and could be trying for contemporary readers used to faster plot developments. Personally, I would pick up this book and indulge in the series only if I could afford to while the days away with nothing else but lounging in the sun at a poolside. Not recommended for those who want quick reads.
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