Silver Mage

Timeless Mage #2

by D.W. Jackson

The mages sit nervous in their tower when the news that the Brotherhood is once again on the move reaches their ears. Bren, learning that the Brotherhood might hold the key to freeing his father, travels across northern Kurt in order to reach their new stronghold. Along the way he starts to get a grip on his magical powers, but with each passing day his body is slowly changing, and no one knows if it is for better or for worse.

Genres: Fantasy

285 pages, Paperback

First published August 28, 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

[Ambra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Irritating. I like the plot but the characters grate on my nerves. Bren is obtuse and don't let me start about Faye! She was as clingy as old ivy and barnacles. One of the worst things was when she told Bren "I will never be happy if you say no to me" and Bren was all "Then I can't tell you no". Well he simply didn't seem attracted to her at all. He actually acted as if he wasn't attracted to anyone. He let the others drag him around and couldn't say no to anyone. Couldn't he have dumped Faye since it is clear he doesn't really care about her? He didn't think of her at all when she wasn't attached to his arm or staring at him with soulful eyes!
Another bad moment was the scene where the two queens arrived racing their carriages. Someone asked "What's wrong with them?" And the answer was: "They are women." I'll not comment further on that.
Other than that, this book needs editing. In several places Bren's name is switched with Thad's and there were a lot of questions without question mark at the end.
Sooo the female characters are mostly shallow and the male main character is usually an amoebic pushover with a few rare moments of awareness of his own inadequacy.
But I will give this book three stars because the story was interesting. Don't know if I'll keep reading when the next one comes out though.

[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.

[lynne h mccreary · Rating 3 out of 5]

Grammar and spelling

I am enjoying the story, but would like it better if someone had proofread the book successfully. I need to figure out how many of the words are meant to read