Forgotten Mage

Timeless Mage #1

by D.W. Jackson

The Brotherhood's stronghold in Rane has been broken but they have not been completely silenced. Bren Farlan, son of Thaddeus Torin must take up his father's place and fight against the hidden threats at the same time he fights against the Mage's Tower for control over the small piece of land that his father left him. Growing up sheltered by his mother has left him woefully unprepared for the trails he must face and only with the help of his friends can he hope to make it through the trails that lie ahead.

Genres: Fantasy, Magic

292 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 5, 2014

About the author

D.W. Jackson was born in McAlester Oklahoma, Attended College at Oklahoma City University, and Northeastern State University. As soon as he graduated high school in 2001 he joined the Oklahoma National Guard. In 2003 he was Sent along with five others from his unit to Iraq where he spent slightly over a year in deployment. After returning home he worked as a pipeline surveyor traveling all across the U.S. in 2009 he took a job as a correctional officer for the state of Oklahoma where he worked at both a medium and minimal security level prison. In 2012 his heath declined and was unable to continue working. With time on his hands and out of books to read he decided to pursue his dream of being a writer.

Reviews

[Jeremy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good quick read. For those that like me were eager for more adventures of Thad, this book presents a little disappointment at first because Thad is more of a cliff note in this book than a main character, he is only mentioned enough that readers will not forget him and I found the parts written in his POV to be a little tedious, and abrupt (the POV shifts are not always well defined and can cause a little confusion for a couple of lines before you figure out you have changed POV) although you do gain some perspective on the god that created the "Brotherhood".

The book deals primarily with his son Bren's own coming of age story and tribulations. Thankfully it is easy to like Bren (he is just like Thad in many ways), and See-Thae (probably my favorite "friend of Thad" character in all of the books) is a frequent presence. On the down side the female characters specifically Faye are petulant and shallow, which is unfortunate because there was potential at the start and the series needs a likeable female lead at this point; the author has either killed or made irrelevant all of his best female characters from the Reawakening Saga.

Complaints aside, I really did enjoy this book so don't let any of the negatives deter you from purchasing this book I recommend it especially to those that have read and are fans of the Reawakening Saga.

Finally my thanks to Mr. Jackson for sharing his work with us and his timely publications, I eagerly await the next installment.

[Andrew Fielding · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had to give this book 5 starts because even though it was rife with bad grammar, Spelling and misused words I was so caught up in the story I could not put it down and had to immediately move on to the next book when finished.

[Vader · Rating 2 out of 5]

5 star - Perfect
4 star - i would recommend
3 star - good
2 star - struggled to complete
1 star - could not finish

[Johnny Martin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Editing

The story and plot are very good. The main characters were were well developed. But the editing was very poor and very very irritating.

[Gary Hernke · Rating 4 out of 5]

no ending for a trilogy