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The Exiled Healer #1
The Exiled Healer 1
Sometimes, dying on the job is just the beginning of a new shift.
My name is Alexey Mechnikov. I’m not a special forces soldier, an assassin, or a mage - and I’m certainly not a god!
I’m an ordinary doctor. And I died on the job. Instead of a permanent death, however, I found myself reborn into a new world - in the body of a young, half-educated healer.
It is the nineteenth century, and my new world is ruled by magic.
My father is exiling me from the family for the misdeeds of my predecessor.
But that’s actually for the best, because now I can master the healing arts of this world - and even advance them, using my skills from my past life!
First, though, I need to awaken my magical gift and save my first patient!
My name is Alexey Mechnikov. I’m not a special forces soldier, an assassin, or a mage - and I’m certainly not a god!
I’m an ordinary doctor. And I died on the job. Instead of a permanent death, however, I found myself reborn into a new world - in the body of a young, half-educated healer.
It is the nineteenth century, and my new world is ruled by magic.
My father is exiling me from the family for the misdeeds of my predecessor.
But that’s actually for the best, because now I can master the healing arts of this world - and even advance them, using my skills from my past life!
First, though, I need to awaken my magical gift and save my first patient!
306 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2026
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May 10, 2026
My reviews are my own. If you enjoyed this book, I’m glad you did. If not, I respect your opinion, so please respect mine. This is simply my view, so let's keep it courteous. My review is honest and voluntary.
First time reading this author. I was looking for some medical fantasy, and I got that. It is House MD in a fantasy world. However, I had major issues with some topics and characters. I did not like his useless leech of an uncle. Also, the flussy Anna. In addition, I could have done with less of the personal nobility drama, not sure why these Russian authors are so focused on nobility, politics, and titles. It just diminishes the value of the story. As for the "main" topic, it felt scattered. Things happen without explanation, and everything is based on "magic and curses". Which I feel is an easy approach for lazy writing. I do understand they have to leave some problems open for future books, but we get NO resolution whatsoever in this book. EVERYTHING is left as a cliffhanger, so by the end of the book, the reader feels unfulfilled. I will not continue this series.
On to my next adventure, Happy Readings!!!
First time reading this author. I was looking for some medical fantasy, and I got that. It is House MD in a fantasy world. However, I had major issues with some topics and characters. I did not like his useless leech of an uncle. Also, the flussy Anna. In addition, I could have done with less of the personal nobility drama, not sure why these Russian authors are so focused on nobility, politics, and titles. It just diminishes the value of the story. As for the "main" topic, it felt scattered. Things happen without explanation, and everything is based on "magic and curses". Which I feel is an easy approach for lazy writing. I do understand they have to leave some problems open for future books, but we get NO resolution whatsoever in this book. EVERYTHING is left as a cliffhanger, so by the end of the book, the reader feels unfulfilled. I will not continue this series.
On to my next adventure, Happy Readings!!!
June 19, 2026
mixed feelings
The author must really like super long Russian names as he uses first and last names for EVERY single mention. No he said or shortened names here. This, sadly, really destroys the story. The constant full name use made me lose track of what was going on because the naming was a struggle to get past. Honestly if the names were shortened you would lose half the total page count as it really was that cumbersome. I found myself skipping past names while reading all but the 1st and 2nd syllables anyway as Oleg is more than enough for me to know the uncle is being mentioned there as opposed to Oleg Metronovich said this or Oleg Metronovich did that.. other than that it seemed interesting. I need to reread it though as I kept having to put it down and tend to the headache the naming gave me. :( if given a list of names in the book I wouldn’t know anybody but Oleg and Alexi. Friends and enemies blur together because I can’t remember such long names for something that doesn’t affect me in real life
The author must really like super long Russian names as he uses first and last names for EVERY single mention. No he said or shortened names here. This, sadly, really destroys the story. The constant full name use made me lose track of what was going on because the naming was a struggle to get past. Honestly if the names were shortened you would lose half the total page count as it really was that cumbersome. I found myself skipping past names while reading all but the 1st and 2nd syllables anyway as Oleg is more than enough for me to know the uncle is being mentioned there as opposed to Oleg Metronovich said this or Oleg Metronovich did that.. other than that it seemed interesting. I need to reread it though as I kept having to put it down and tend to the headache the naming gave me. :( if given a list of names in the book I wouldn’t know anybody but Oleg and Alexi. Friends and enemies blur together because I can’t remember such long names for something that doesn’t affect me in real life
June 17, 2026
good concept, but didnt live up to expectations
The mc is a doctor who is isekaied into a ner-do-well noble son who screwed the pooch for the last time. His father disowned and exiled him. His new world has magic and he’s in the body of a healer, which hadn’t yet awakened. Using medical knowledge from his prior world along with healing magic he saves a passenger on the train.
There was quite a bit of medical descriptions in the book which was ok, but the mc made some really foolish choices. Like agreeing to a sword duel with no knowledge of swordsmanship.
He also managed to tick off various nobles, a necromancer, and a criminal warlord. Not good for a first week in a new town.
He did some good but really stumbled about and jumped from the frying pan into the fire. At the end, he finds himself infected with a necrotic condition from a goul.
The mc is a doctor who is isekaied into a ner-do-well noble son who screwed the pooch for the last time. His father disowned and exiled him. His new world has magic and he’s in the body of a healer, which hadn’t yet awakened. Using medical knowledge from his prior world along with healing magic he saves a passenger on the train.
There was quite a bit of medical descriptions in the book which was ok, but the mc made some really foolish choices. Like agreeing to a sword duel with no knowledge of swordsmanship.
He also managed to tick off various nobles, a necromancer, and a criminal warlord. Not good for a first week in a new town.
He did some good but really stumbled about and jumped from the frying pan into the fire. At the end, he finds himself infected with a necrotic condition from a goul.
August 30, 2026
I didn't like this book, but it's harder for me to identify why I didn't like it than normal.
I think it's primarily how badly written the protagonist is. Everything is broad strokes with him, and his internal monolog often contains all-caps exclamations of how unjust or angry he is about something.
There are lots of smaller things to dislike, but none of them are enough individually for me to say "this is a bad book."
For example, he kills a giant magical tick, and then starts to dissect it, cutting off its proboscis. Then it inexplicably returns to life and becomes a super-friendly intelligent pet. This is just something that happens, with no explanation ever given of why the little monster is suddenly friendly despite the fact that Alex mutilated it.
All of the characters, including Alex, are preoccupied with the nobility, and seem to take it for granted that the nobility is just better than the commoners. Why a modern doctor would take such a 19th century view of the world is inexplicable.
No one believes that diseases are contagious. Which is ridiculous, people have noticed that disease spreads from person to person since prehistoric times. If anything, the problem has always been the reverse, people taking extreme measures that don't help because they fear contagion, and don't understand the actual disease vectors, that not all illnesses are airborne.
Alex introduces the stethoscope and blood pressure monitor, and talks about them like they're miracles, rather than minor diagnostic tools good for specific purposes. He keeps taking the blood pressure of patients as if that were a critical step, when the diagnosis is generally obvious without wasting time on that.
Most of the villains in the book are cartoonishly stupid. Enough so that it's easy to find them infuriating because they take positions that are frustrating in how idiotic they are.
Pretty minor flaws, and overall I probably would have been fine with the book despite them if the protagonist were better written.
I think it's primarily how badly written the protagonist is. Everything is broad strokes with him, and his internal monolog often contains all-caps exclamations of how unjust or angry he is about something.
There are lots of smaller things to dislike, but none of them are enough individually for me to say "this is a bad book."
For example, he kills a giant magical tick, and then starts to dissect it, cutting off its proboscis. Then it inexplicably returns to life and becomes a super-friendly intelligent pet. This is just something that happens, with no explanation ever given of why the little monster is suddenly friendly despite the fact that Alex mutilated it.
All of the characters, including Alex, are preoccupied with the nobility, and seem to take it for granted that the nobility is just better than the commoners. Why a modern doctor would take such a 19th century view of the world is inexplicable.
No one believes that diseases are contagious. Which is ridiculous, people have noticed that disease spreads from person to person since prehistoric times. If anything, the problem has always been the reverse, people taking extreme measures that don't help because they fear contagion, and don't understand the actual disease vectors, that not all illnesses are airborne.
Alex introduces the stethoscope and blood pressure monitor, and talks about them like they're miracles, rather than minor diagnostic tools good for specific purposes. He keeps taking the blood pressure of patients as if that were a critical step, when the diagnosis is generally obvious without wasting time on that.
Most of the villains in the book are cartoonishly stupid. Enough so that it's easy to find them infuriating because they take positions that are frustrating in how idiotic they are.
Pretty minor flaws, and overall I probably would have been fine with the book despite them if the protagonist were better written.
August 31, 2026
It Needs Work
There are parts of this storyline which are interesting and draw the reader in, and then other parts which obfuscate and confuse. The book needs editing for coherence and continuity.
There are parts of this storyline which are interesting and draw the reader in, and then other parts which obfuscate and confuse. The book needs editing for coherence and continuity.
August 12, 2026
I don’t know if anyone other than the authors of this series have coined the term ‘medical fantasy’ as a genre but having read these books, I have absolutely no objection to its existence. Done right, they can be right captivating. These are done right. In addition to that, these books are very immersive into a small Russian town setting in the 1850’s. We get a strong sense of where medicine was at in our world at that time as well as how culture worked at that time.
The story surrounds Alexey Mechnikov who was been replaced by a 20th century doctor. Alexey has gotten into some trouble and his replacement doesn’t know anything about it but within days of arriving in this body in an alternative universe he is thrown out of the family by his authoritarian father and exiled to live with his black sheep uncle. He also learns that he possesses that magical ability to heal and do damage (most people are just healers, not both).
Book 1 is filled with introductions and traveling to his new situation. Discovering that Alexey is a healer and how to use those powers. Making friends along the way. We, the audience get to learn a lot about the limitations of 1850 medicine and the authors do a good job of being creative and interesting in layering magic into the way healing works in this universe. Alexey is an interesting character who knows his medicine well and tries to incorporate this knowledge into the world he’s part of. Of course, it’s not that simple, traditional healers are resistant to change. Then there’s also the evil mobster type that owns the town and threatens his uncle. This one is a real page turner, ever page finding something new and interesting to explore.
Part of the draw of these books might simply be how different they are. How much history is dropped in and intermixed with medical healing drama. They are a continued run of interesting events and interactions. I really enjoyed them.
#SRC2026 #SelkieStorySeakers
The story surrounds Alexey Mechnikov who was been replaced by a 20th century doctor. Alexey has gotten into some trouble and his replacement doesn’t know anything about it but within days of arriving in this body in an alternative universe he is thrown out of the family by his authoritarian father and exiled to live with his black sheep uncle. He also learns that he possesses that magical ability to heal and do damage (most people are just healers, not both).
Book 1 is filled with introductions and traveling to his new situation. Discovering that Alexey is a healer and how to use those powers. Making friends along the way. We, the audience get to learn a lot about the limitations of 1850 medicine and the authors do a good job of being creative and interesting in layering magic into the way healing works in this universe. Alexey is an interesting character who knows his medicine well and tries to incorporate this knowledge into the world he’s part of. Of course, it’s not that simple, traditional healers are resistant to change. Then there’s also the evil mobster type that owns the town and threatens his uncle. This one is a real page turner, ever page finding something new and interesting to explore.
Part of the draw of these books might simply be how different they are. How much history is dropped in and intermixed with medical healing drama. They are a continued run of interesting events and interactions. I really enjoyed them.
#SRC2026 #SelkieStorySeakers
August 14, 2026
Meh
The protagonist has all the powers and answers. Never fails to achieve his goals with perfect precision and timing. Nothing beyond his reach. Dialoge is bland and overly optimistic, not my style but if that is your style enjoy. Sadly lost a day of my life.
The protagonist has all the powers and answers. Never fails to achieve his goals with perfect precision and timing. Nothing beyond his reach. Dialoge is bland and overly optimistic, not my style but if that is your style enjoy. Sadly lost a day of my life.
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August 6, 2026All the makings of a good book, if you like your fantasy magic and modern medicine (set in 1850s Russia). However, checking the authors, they're a part of Putin's Russia. And Putin is sending hate and death to Ukrainian cities, while allowing a million Russian and Ukrainian deaths. So, until regime change in Russia, I will not read books by modern Russian authors.
June 29, 2026
After reading some of the other reviews I decided to share some of my thoughts on this series. I can certainly understand some of the issues that people complained about. In Imperial Russia of 1850 the culture of nobility and peasants was part of that time period. The use of the first and middle name seems to be the polite way to address Nobles and was probably a cultural norm. The authors are from Russia so this is a translation into English. Some of the terminology related to the medical field was unusual and I had to look up some of the definitions to translate what was meant. As a health care professional, I could deduce what the authors meant. One of the authors is doctor. I found the story to be engaging. The MC seemed real enough to me to be believable. Like the MC, I too feel that the healing professions are more about being of service than making money. Yes, I needed to earn a living, but money was never my primary motivator. Perhaps that is just an old-fashioned value since I am in my 70's and no longer practice. Keep in mind that these authors come from a very different culture than western countries. I enjoyed the interaction of modern medical practices with magical maladies. Ethics are central to healthcare and that is an issue that comes up frequently in this book. Taking an oath to put the patient's needs above your own is part of this life. I have taken care of drunks, child molesters and criminals. I may not like what they did, but I still believed they had a right to quality medical care. This is highlighted in the book. These things resonated with me.
June 21, 2026
Not bad
Could be better. 1. The MC is supposed to be logical, but he’s not. I would be okay with that if he would at least recognize the obvious. 2. Not being broke would be a big help. I hate the preachy, having money is bad, viewpoint. How is he to really make a difference and help people without finances? That whole, I’m only in it for the people, to make him seem admirable comes off as regrettable naivety. Make the MC wiser. Please. And a bit more personable, too.
Oh, and some smart women would be nice.
Let’s end with something good. The story is interesting. It has everything to be a better story. I’d like to see something happen to fix that house immediately! I will read further just for that.
Could be better. 1. The MC is supposed to be logical, but he’s not. I would be okay with that if he would at least recognize the obvious. 2. Not being broke would be a big help. I hate the preachy, having money is bad, viewpoint. How is he to really make a difference and help people without finances? That whole, I’m only in it for the people, to make him seem admirable comes off as regrettable naivety. Make the MC wiser. Please. And a bit more personable, too.
Oh, and some smart women would be nice.
Let’s end with something good. The story is interesting. It has everything to be a better story. I’d like to see something happen to fix that house immediately! I will read further just for that.
July 21, 2026
Good potential if...
If you can get past every character having four different names that they can be addressed as. You shorten the ridiculously long, three-part, fifteen-syllable full name in your head the first three times you see it. Then it changes to just the last name, which you didn't memorize, so you take mental note of it. Then it changes to just the first two names, so you're back to having the entire thing trying to find space in your mental narrative again. Then you see a modified familiar version of the first name, and by this time, you've been taken out of the story so many times that you're seriously considering dropping the book. Russian hierarchical rules of address are not as charming as the authors may assume. I will not be continuing this series.
If you can get past every character having four different names that they can be addressed as. You shorten the ridiculously long, three-part, fifteen-syllable full name in your head the first three times you see it. Then it changes to just the last name, which you didn't memorize, so you take mental note of it. Then it changes to just the first two names, so you're back to having the entire thing trying to find space in your mental narrative again. Then you see a modified familiar version of the first name, and by this time, you've been taken out of the story so many times that you're seriously considering dropping the book. Russian hierarchical rules of address are not as charming as the authors may assume. I will not be continuing this series.
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August 14, 2026A rather interesting Russian medical isekai story
A doctor from our world takes over the body of a young Russian aristocrat who is a failed healer and is getting exiled from his family and has to establish himself in a crime ridden town in the deepest Russian province.
While i am nlt the biggest enthusiast about medicine, the magic, the MC's enthusiasm and the sidekick got me hooked. The duell scene was pure insanity though..
Criticism and comments
Unexperienced western readers might have problems with the constant use of patronyms in the story- which is still better than for example the old Hungarian tradition to substitute women's given names with "wife of..." which feels a bit excessive..
A doctor from our world takes over the body of a young Russian aristocrat who is a failed healer and is getting exiled from his family and has to establish himself in a crime ridden town in the deepest Russian province.
While i am nlt the biggest enthusiast about medicine, the magic, the MC's enthusiasm and the sidekick got me hooked. The duell scene was pure insanity though..
Criticism and comments
Unexperienced western readers might have problems with the constant use of patronyms in the story- which is still better than for example the old Hungarian tradition to substitute women's given names with "wife of..." which feels a bit excessive..
June 25, 2026
Well it is written in the first person - with all sorts of Russian Patronyms. That is part of the how I gave it a 3 star rating.
The hero (such as he is) befriends a tick. That is correct - a tick. A tick who can talk. You know how you ask a horse to count to three and it paws the ground three times - that kind of talking.
Then the third leg of the rating - the hero works in a clinic - and eschews riches in lieu of healing.
This series will probably drag out into 7 or 8 books. Them Russians love to write.
However - I will be jumping off this train after only one.
I can not stand first person writing.
The hero (such as he is) befriends a tick. That is correct - a tick. A tick who can talk. You know how you ask a horse to count to three and it paws the ground three times - that kind of talking.
Then the third leg of the rating - the hero works in a clinic - and eschews riches in lieu of healing.
This series will probably drag out into 7 or 8 books. Them Russians love to write.
However - I will be jumping off this train after only one.
I can not stand first person writing.
June 27, 2026
DNF @54%
I'm not sure why "Healers" are all the rage in fantasy fiction now days, but they are.
This books smells heavily of socialist/communist propaganda. It constantly advocates for health care to be provided for free. It skips the problem that health care providers deserve to be paid. If the patients don't pay, who does?
The MC seems to draw heavily on the old TV series "House M.D." in that he likes to sleuth around and discover the genesis of peoples' maladies from their environments: Oh, the painter has neuropathy because he uses lead and arsenic, for example. Also, like "House M.D." he seems to be at odds with the hospital administration.
I'm not sure why "Healers" are all the rage in fantasy fiction now days, but they are.
This books smells heavily of socialist/communist propaganda. It constantly advocates for health care to be provided for free. It skips the problem that health care providers deserve to be paid. If the patients don't pay, who does?
The MC seems to draw heavily on the old TV series "House M.D." in that he likes to sleuth around and discover the genesis of peoples' maladies from their environments: Oh, the painter has neuropathy because he uses lead and arsenic, for example. Also, like "House M.D." he seems to be at odds with the hospital administration.
June 23, 2026
This book wasn't for me, but I think other readers may enjoy it more than I did, since it's not my kind of story. I thought the cover was really cool, and that's what drew me to the book. It started out promising but there was too much focus on the thugs that were after his uncle and the conflict with the Baron. I would've preferred it if the story had focused more on the healing portions. A lot of the phrasing didn't seem to fit the time period; "newbie" isn't a word that would've been used in the nineteenth century. The capitalised words for emphasis were distracting.
July 17, 2026
Good story. The MC is reasonable, too!
It's an interesting challenge for the transmigrator as there is an immediate issue and punishment. But, perhaps, the punishment might be a small blessing in disguise.
I won't give any spoilers and will just say he encounters more adventures than probably most healers, but he's not an adventurer and isn't dungeon delving or anything like that.
Also, he is so precise with most healing commands, but can't always be, and I'm pretty sure the last one falls into the latter category.. Book 2 is going to be interesting!
It's an interesting challenge for the transmigrator as there is an immediate issue and punishment. But, perhaps, the punishment might be a small blessing in disguise.
I won't give any spoilers and will just say he encounters more adventures than probably most healers, but he's not an adventurer and isn't dungeon delving or anything like that.
Also, he is so precise with most healing commands, but can't always be, and I'm pretty sure the last one falls into the latter category.. Book 2 is going to be interesting!
July 30, 2026
amazing read
The cover entranced me but the superb writing is what grabbed my attention and kept it there. We have a 20th century doctor isekai’d into a world in the 1800s that has magic. He’s been stripped of everything but his past knowledge and sent to middle of nowhere. Now he has figure out his magic, a livelihood, and how to use his knowledge to save lives with out being burned as a heretic. While also surviving magic gangs out to get him and the only family he has left
The cover entranced me but the superb writing is what grabbed my attention and kept it there. We have a 20th century doctor isekai’d into a world in the 1800s that has magic. He’s been stripped of everything but his past knowledge and sent to middle of nowhere. Now he has figure out his magic, a livelihood, and how to use his knowledge to save lives with out being burned as a heretic. While also surviving magic gangs out to get him and the only family he has left
July 6, 2026
I HATE cliffhangers!
I was enjoying this book and this interesting world building when BAM disasters explode and the story ends. Nope, I'm not doing this. I would have given four stars if it weren't for that. If you don't mind being manipulated that way, by all means read this. I would suggest having the second ready to hand, and only finishing it when you have the third in hand. .
Me, I'm out of here
I was enjoying this book and this interesting world building when BAM disasters explode and the story ends. Nope, I'm not doing this. I would have given four stars if it weren't for that. If you don't mind being manipulated that way, by all means read this. I would suggest having the second ready to hand, and only finishing it when you have the third in hand. .
Me, I'm out of here
September 28, 2026
The writing is a little difficult to get used to as its constantly saying the full names of the characters. Its essentially set in a different earth that has magic. The names are all Russian so again, a pain to pronounce. I love Alexy and how quick he is to help others and is loyal to his family. Hopefully he wont turn into a ghoul and everything works out fine. Im ready for the pathologist to get his karma!
May 11, 2026
Really Russian
It's a Russian book with saying everyone's long band over and over. The main character if he had killed all of the bad guys there would not have been any problems.. The next book will be a pay book which is normal for Russian books on Kindle so this will be the last I read from this writer
It's a Russian book with saying everyone's long band over and over. The main character if he had killed all of the bad guys there would not have been any problems.. The next book will be a pay book which is normal for Russian books on Kindle so this will be the last I read from this writer
June 5, 2026
Caught my attention
Our doctor wakes to being exiled by his father. Only not his own. He's in a magical world where he's got coils inside himself for healing, and hurting, but other things we learned in the medical field were never learned. From dealing with sentient ticks to mob bosses, he has a whole lot of world to deal with. This book is but the beginning.
Our doctor wakes to being exiled by his father. Only not his own. He's in a magical world where he's got coils inside himself for healing, and hurting, but other things we learned in the medical field were never learned. From dealing with sentient ticks to mob bosses, he has a whole lot of world to deal with. This book is but the beginning.
June 21, 2026
The concept was good if not original. But I really don’t need to know how to make a stethoscope or blood pressure monitor.
There’s also the use of full names. Unless that’s how Russians actually talk. But when he was talking to the necromancer he was actually using two different names. I went back once and reread it and just gave up and continued on.
It’s interesting but not for me
There’s also the use of full names. Unless that’s how Russians actually talk. But when he was talking to the necromancer he was actually using two different names. I went back once and reread it and just gave up and continued on.
It’s interesting but not for me
June 28, 2026
Medicine in magical rural Russia
A modern doctor is reborn in a world where magic rules medicine, and uses his modern knowledge to make his underpowered magic more effective. Great skill development in an intriguing, violent world. Russian background lightly sketched but definitely a bonus.
A modern doctor is reborn in a world where magic rules medicine, and uses his modern knowledge to make his underpowered magic more effective. Great skill development in an intriguing, violent world. Russian background lightly sketched but definitely a bonus.
June 29, 2026
It ended there?
I wasn't ready for this cliffhanger of an end. I should have expected it but I was too caught up in the story! Interesting story telling. Very much to the point in the writing but it's not predictable at all. It was a really fun read and I'm really hoping that book 2 is out already.
I wasn't ready for this cliffhanger of an end. I should have expected it but I was too caught up in the story! Interesting story telling. Very much to the point in the writing but it's not predictable at all. It was a really fun read and I'm really hoping that book 2 is out already.
June 30, 2026
i haven't tried the reborn in the past subgenre or lit rpg before. at first it was corny having the MC introduce basic modern medicine to healer mages but it did get more interesting. the russian naming conventions for characters had me confused for a bit. because instead of saying this is Joseph his nick name is Joe you have this is F/M/L mame and sometimes other characters alternate between addressing the same person by their first and middle names but they are russian so some look similar. the plot was interesting because on top of figuring out his magic and trying not to look like a time traveler to the locals he must fight minor crime lords, curses, and magical monsters.
August 7, 2026
Different
A unique story, and different. The good: it has a decent storyline and interesting characters. The story from a physician’s perspective was good.
The bad: it’s magic, so there’s always a spell, potion or power to get out of a pickle. Also, set in 18th century Russia, the names were difficult to follow.
A unique story, and different. The good: it has a decent storyline and interesting characters. The story from a physician’s perspective was good.
The bad: it’s magic, so there’s always a spell, potion or power to get out of a pickle. Also, set in 18th century Russia, the names were difficult to follow.
August 7, 2026
Exciting, Intense, and Page Turner
Very well written story with great back story, lots of action, and compelling enough to want to find out what happens next. As soon as I finish this review I plan on starting the next book in the series. Only wish author had more books to read after finishing what is currently available.
Very well written story with great back story, lots of action, and compelling enough to want to find out what happens next. As soon as I finish this review I plan on starting the next book in the series. Only wish author had more books to read after finishing what is currently available.
August 22, 2026
would’ve been five stars except for the cliffhanger
I really enjoyed this book. It has a clever
plot, good character development, and moved quickly. The only thing I didn’t like was the cliffhanger at the end. If his story is well written, there should be enough for shadowing to ensure that the reader wants to read the next book without ending like that.
I really enjoyed this book. It has a clever
plot, good character development, and moved quickly. The only thing I didn’t like was the cliffhanger at the end. If his story is well written, there should be enough for shadowing to ensure that the reader wants to read the next book without ending like that.
September 2, 2026
A good read
It always amazes me how I’m introduced to a good new author to me by the cover of the book, that first entices me before the synopsis and what others have thought.
Another good book that grips from the start and never lets go at the cliff hanger end. I have already purchased the next…
It always amazes me how I’m introduced to a good new author to me by the cover of the book, that first entices me before the synopsis and what others have thought.
Another good book that grips from the start and never lets go at the cliff hanger end. I have already purchased the next…
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