Chains

by M.A. Nilles

Part 2 of 5

Nadia wants no part of the shevoru, the dark blade that has gained power by possessing the souls of raging half-bloods and monsters she has killed. Since learning the secret of the dagger and the spell that the sorcerers taught her to use, she has freed herself from its influence. She is finally ready to make the journey to rid the world of its evil by using the power of an ancient device.

When Lord Je'Kaoron is taken captive by an enemy demonlord, Nadia is determined to free him, but she has to free herself first…

Genres: Fantasy

85 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 6, 2014

About the author

M.A. Nilles is the more serious side of Melanie Nilles. She resides with her husband and kids, and a clowder of cats who take advantage of their human slaves for food and warm laps. An equestrian of over forty years, Melanie has ridden in various disciplines from cattle work to dressage and continues to pursue her equine interests in her free time. On the writing side of her life, she has published many works as Melanie Nilles, including the young adult Starfire Angels series, new adult Adronis novellas, the Luriel Cycle trilogy, and others. As M. A. Nilles, she publishes adult science fiction and fantasy, including Tiger Born and Spirit Blade and the Starfire Angels: Revelations and Starfire Angels: Forgotten Worlds series. For updates, visit her website at www.melanienilles.com.

Her primary (active) Goodreads profile is listed as Melanie Nilles.

Reviews

[Jackie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I stumbled across these books, part 1 (68 pages per Amazon), part 2 (85 pages per Amazon) & part 3 (53 pages per Amazon), for free on Amazon. Over all, this story (this is for all 3 books) was good. Normally I don't even bother with books under 75 pages, free or not, since I read so fast it doesn't take me long to finish them & I feel short stories usually lack something, whether it's world building or character building or emotional connection to the characters. I also feel put off that books in a series are this short. I'm on a tight budget, so i want to get the most out of my book purchases, & just don't feel books with small page counts are good investments for me. But I figured that with 3 books, for a total of 206 pages per Amazon & for free, was worth at least giving them a try. The beginning (1st book) is very slow flowing & a very confusing read, there were to many similar names for the demon lords introduced to me & too quickly, which made it hard to figure out who I was reading about or why they had similar names. I also felt like I was missing part of the beginning of the story, that some one deleted the first 20-30 pages of world & character building so I can understand what's going on & what the heck was going on between the characters. It was so bad that I almost quit reading in book 1. After quite a way into book 1 it sort of worked itself out & the flow picked up enough to pull me in. Each of the first 3 books in the series leaves off with a big cliff hanger, which I understand why authors do it, but still hate that, especially on such low page count books. All 3 books took me about 3 1/2 hours to read. I was bummed at the cliff hanger at the end of book 3 & that the books being short, made my decision to skip the remaining 2 books, as I just didn't feel it was worth $2.99 for each of the remaining books. I think this series should have been 2 (at most 3) books instead of 5. I think if book one was re-worked, enough to not feel like the reader is missing a previous book or something, that it would of helped my appreciation of the story, & over all help keep readers from quitting. By the end of book 3, I was enjoying this story, & hated it to stop.