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Quest: Eight Novels of Fantasy, Myth, and Magic
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Eight authors. Eight novels. Eight entry points into fresh, new fantasy
worlds.
If you're a fan of epic fantasy, sword and sorcery, dark fantasy, or just good old adventure stories, you'll want to pick up this bundle and prepare yourself for hours of enjoyable reading.
The Book of Deacon by Joseph Lallo
A war has gripped Myranda's land for generations, but the chance discovery of a mysterious sword may set her on the path to restore peace once and for all.
The Emperor's Edge by Lindsay Buroker
He's the empire's most notorious assassin. She's a protocol-quoting enforcer. They're an unlikely team, but somebody has to save the city. . .
The God Decrees by Mark E. Cooper
Julia is a nineteen year old Olympic gymnast training hard for the upcoming Games, when she's summoned by a wizard to save his people.
Defender by Robert J. Crane
Someone is stealing weapons of unlimited power, and only Sanctuary stands between the world of Arkaria and total destruction.
Draykon by Charlotte E. English
Shy Llandry Sanfaer finds herself at the center of a sensation when she discovers a new and mesmerizing gemstone. Unraveling its mysteries may change Llandry's life—and her world—forever.
Fire & Ice by Patty Jansen
Blinded by his desire for revenge, a sorcerer unleashes a force that he needs fellow magicians to control, but no other magicians are keen to help him.
Lost City by Jeffrey Poole
The mysterious appearance of a large mark on young dwarf's back has fueled speculation that it's a treasure map in disguise. Five dwarves and one dragon band together to try and solve the most cryptic treasure hunt anyone has ever seen.
Reversion: The Inevitable Horror by J Thorn
Samuel arrives in a forest littered with caution tape and artifacts of the deceased. He struggles to regain his memory and outrun the ominous cloud eating away at his world before it collapses upon itself. Samuel must escape the reversion before it's too late.
Eight authors. Eight novels. Eight entry points into fresh, new fantasy
worlds.
If you're a fan of epic fantasy, sword and sorcery, dark fantasy, or just good old adventure stories, you'll want to pick up this bundle and prepare yourself for hours of enjoyable reading.
The Book of Deacon by Joseph Lallo
A war has gripped Myranda's land for generations, but the chance discovery of a mysterious sword may set her on the path to restore peace once and for all.
The Emperor's Edge by Lindsay Buroker
He's the empire's most notorious assassin. She's a protocol-quoting enforcer. They're an unlikely team, but somebody has to save the city. . .
The God Decrees by Mark E. Cooper
Julia is a nineteen year old Olympic gymnast training hard for the upcoming Games, when she's summoned by a wizard to save his people.
Defender by Robert J. Crane
Someone is stealing weapons of unlimited power, and only Sanctuary stands between the world of Arkaria and total destruction.
Draykon by Charlotte E. English
Shy Llandry Sanfaer finds herself at the center of a sensation when she discovers a new and mesmerizing gemstone. Unraveling its mysteries may change Llandry's life—and her world—forever.
Fire & Ice by Patty Jansen
Blinded by his desire for revenge, a sorcerer unleashes a force that he needs fellow magicians to control, but no other magicians are keen to help him.
Lost City by Jeffrey Poole
The mysterious appearance of a large mark on young dwarf's back has fueled speculation that it's a treasure map in disguise. Five dwarves and one dragon band together to try and solve the most cryptic treasure hunt anyone has ever seen.
Reversion: The Inevitable Horror by J Thorn
Samuel arrives in a forest littered with caution tape and artifacts of the deceased. He struggles to regain his memory and outrun the ominous cloud eating away at his world before it collapses upon itself. Samuel must escape the reversion before it's too late.
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December 19, 2015
This book bundle is GREAT
I highly recommend this bundle of books.
First, the stories are all very good and second, this a wonderful way to be introduced to new author's that can take you to more awesome fantasy lands that you've never heard of.
You can easily expand your horizons in the wonderful world of fantasy author's.
I enjoyed EVERY story in this book bundle!!!!!!
I highly recommend this bundle of books.
First, the stories are all very good and second, this a wonderful way to be introduced to new author's that can take you to more awesome fantasy lands that you've never heard of.
You can easily expand your horizons in the wonderful world of fantasy author's.
I enjoyed EVERY story in this book bundle!!!!!!
October 24, 2015
Great collection
This collection is a nice introduction to a bunch of great series. I'm glad I picked this up, as it had given me a chance to follow these authors' works.
This collection is a nice introduction to a bunch of great series. I'm glad I picked this up, as it had given me a chance to follow these authors' works.
September 7, 2017
Previously read 'The Emperor's Edge' and 'Fire & Ice' (which are not reviwed again here).
A bit of a mixed bag - though of the six new (to me) novels I only one found to be less than good; there are two others I'm inclined to follow up and three I'm ambivalent about.
'The Book of Deacon' is a long set-up for the series. We meet Myranda and learn something of her background as we follow her misadventures as a lone, unwelcomed traveller who after a fortuitous discovery becomes pursued by musterious enemies. She is joined, briefly by the equally mysterious 'Leo' before they part company and... essentially everything falls apart for a while. The plot gets complicated by a baby dragon, a group acting as a resistance to the ongoing war, a mage - and after the war intrudes and it becomes clear that Myranda is still being pursued by one of the armies there is an extended respite in a hidden enclave where some things are explained before the of the book as Myranda leaves the safe haven. There is a lot of background, there is an intriguing magic system but esssentially this is standard fantasy quest fare (not necessarily a Bad Thing!)
In 'The God Decrees' Julia, an aspiring Olympics gymnast is torn from her world by a mage desperate for help in a war. She finds herself in a mediaeval world where only men are magic users men - and then discovers she has powerful abilities in that area herself. A very good start to the series.
'Defender: Sanctuary Series 1' is less satisfying, not necessarily because of the subject/protagonist (mercenary warrior engaged in adventure/quests) but because Our Heroes fight with magical healing support so that they face little permanent damage (and it's even possible to be resurrected for a short period after dying - not that death doesn't occur) which rather takes some of the risk out of things. There's a lot left unexplained at the end of this first book - unsure if I'll follow on.
'Draykon' is a different matter - an unusual world, part in perpetual Daylight, part in the Dark and with several interesting animals as well as humanoids with different abilities and skills; magic is practiced by different groups (sorcerors, summoners); it's possible to pass from the Seven realms to the Upper and Lower 'Levels' (a bit of a misnomer, it seems, by the end of this book. The titular 'Draykon' is (no real surprise) the dragon equivalent. More than intriguing enough to want to read more.
'Lost City' is a largely successful humorous quest for the lost city of Nar, unusual in that the quest is undertaken by a party of dwarves (dwarfs?) - aided on occasion by a friendly dragon. At least one of the characters appears in an earlier book - which is referenced several times but isn't required reading.
'Reversion: The Inevitable Horror' is a different kind of quest - more of a horror drive than a voluntary journey. Samuel wakes with a makeshift rope around his neck and no memory of where he is or how he got there and who he is. In a few short days (though as even time seems malleable it may be days or months) he meets three others in a weirdly decaying landscape before explanations are given. However - the explanation is not the end but fortunately the next volume is readily available.
The other two novels in this collection aren't reviewed here as I have read and reviewed them previously.
A bit of a mixed bag - though of the six new (to me) novels I only one found to be less than good; there are two others I'm inclined to follow up and three I'm ambivalent about.
'The Book of Deacon' is a long set-up for the series. We meet Myranda and learn something of her background as we follow her misadventures as a lone, unwelcomed traveller who after a fortuitous discovery becomes pursued by musterious enemies. She is joined, briefly by the equally mysterious 'Leo' before they part company and... essentially everything falls apart for a while. The plot gets complicated by a baby dragon, a group acting as a resistance to the ongoing war, a mage - and after the war intrudes and it becomes clear that Myranda is still being pursued by one of the armies there is an extended respite in a hidden enclave where some things are explained before the of the book as Myranda leaves the safe haven. There is a lot of background, there is an intriguing magic system but esssentially this is standard fantasy quest fare (not necessarily a Bad Thing!)
In 'The God Decrees' Julia, an aspiring Olympics gymnast is torn from her world by a mage desperate for help in a war. She finds herself in a mediaeval world where only men are magic users men - and then discovers she has powerful abilities in that area herself. A very good start to the series.
'Defender: Sanctuary Series 1' is less satisfying, not necessarily because of the subject/protagonist (mercenary warrior engaged in adventure/quests) but because Our Heroes fight with magical healing support so that they face little permanent damage (and it's even possible to be resurrected for a short period after dying - not that death doesn't occur) which rather takes some of the risk out of things. There's a lot left unexplained at the end of this first book - unsure if I'll follow on.
'Draykon' is a different matter - an unusual world, part in perpetual Daylight, part in the Dark and with several interesting animals as well as humanoids with different abilities and skills; magic is practiced by different groups (sorcerors, summoners); it's possible to pass from the Seven realms to the Upper and Lower 'Levels' (a bit of a misnomer, it seems, by the end of this book. The titular 'Draykon' is (no real surprise) the dragon equivalent. More than intriguing enough to want to read more.
'Lost City' is a largely successful humorous quest for the lost city of Nar, unusual in that the quest is undertaken by a party of dwarves (dwarfs?) - aided on occasion by a friendly dragon. At least one of the characters appears in an earlier book - which is referenced several times but isn't required reading.
'Reversion: The Inevitable Horror' is a different kind of quest - more of a horror drive than a voluntary journey. Samuel wakes with a makeshift rope around his neck and no memory of where he is or how he got there and who he is. In a few short days (though as even time seems malleable it may be days or months) he meets three others in a weirdly decaying landscape before explanations are given. However - the explanation is not the end but fortunately the next volume is readily available.
The other two novels in this collection aren't reviewed here as I have read and reviewed them previously.
July 4, 2025
BOOK #1
* * * *
The MC in this book was a total Mary Sue, and the storyline very much had a pantser feel to it. The author seemed to have just pulled one adventure after another for the MC to survive through off the top of his head. Especially when there were parts when a character seemed highly important at one point, and then chapters later, the MC would go about on her quest like her time spent knowing that character never happened—And all the training that went on. So much magical training and fighting training from instructor to instructor to instructor that dragged on for pages and pages. All the while, the MC never bathed. She’d go through heavily exerting amounts of training, and then go strait to bed. Then she’d get up and start all over again. I imagined she must’ve had one gargantuan halo of kickin’ B O fumes.
Aside from those reasons to nit pick, I still enjoyed the book. It kept me entertained and put a smile on my face during a time when I was stuck in the hospital for a whole week going through some medical drama. It was fun and magical, and had that cozy, classic fantasy feel. Yes, I would be interested in reading more of this series.
BOOK #2
* * * *
Wow, was this book fun, fun, fun! jam-packed with non-stop, back-to-back action and adventure. I loved the love triangle aspect too with the nice guy Emperor getting obsessed with the MC while she has the hots for the bad boy assassin with the rockin’ tight bod. I loved all the soap opera drama twists and turns too.
There were some very minor plot holes in this story, and the MC often had too good of luck with things like escaping death, sneaking around in places where she shouldn’t be, and winning a battle. The suspenseful moments were still suspenseful and got my heart going, but the universe seemed to have a repeated pattern of shoving evil aside at just the right moment to make way for the MC, so she could move along with her important mission. These slight bug-a-boos are why I ended up giving this story four stars instead of five. Otherwise, this book was one of my favorite ones in the bundle. I most definitely would love to read the rest of the series!
BOOK #3
* *
It’s so rare when this happens, but I did not enjoy this book.
In the beginning, it started off entertaining, but in a silly, cheesy, B-movie sort of way. The B-movie factor this book had going on cracked me up, and I was thinking this story might end up another four-star one.
Then from around chapter 20 and on, the story bombed out for me. First off, the romance aspect was so tofu and oatmeal. Second, a good majority of the rest of the book was a multitude of extra characters’ POVs either talking about the drawn-out battle that was going down, or talking about weapons, or preparing for the battle. The only distinguishable differences between these many extra characters was their weird fantasy world names, and that some were allies, some were on the enemy’s side, and others were kind of in the middle. Other than that, there was no distinctive personality differences between them. They were all so serious and battle-obsessed. For me, these things made the book turn boring. There were at least some battle scenes twirled in among so much battle blah, blah, blah, but I even found them dull too. I’m fussy about battle scenes and prefer when more sensory descriptions are mixed in with the descriptions of being in combat. I don’t want to just read about the weapon clashing, magic casting action. I want to really feel like I’ve been thrusted amidst the chaos and carnage, and could empathize with all the horrors that the soldiers are going through. When a battle scene is more about the action and lacking in sensory description, for me, it plays out like watching a video game in my mind. I liked the cliffhanger twist at the end, but it wasn’t tantalizing enough to make me want to move on to the second book to see what happens next.
BOOK #4
* * *
I unfortunately wasn’t brimming with love over this book either. A lot of things that went on in it were—in all brutal honesty—stupid. The Adventurers’ Guild, for example. They were an organization consisting of different species of magical beings, like elves and dwarfs and such. Their mission was to go tromping into different realms, like a bunch of dillholes, and invade their villages or castles to steal their treasures. Or they’d kill a sleeping dragon that hadn’t done a harmful thing to them, and divide up its parts amongst themselves for the use of making dragon-based magical products. Yet, they were supposed to be the good guys. The baddies were the goblins and the dragons.
Then there were things that went on in this book that were so incredibly stupid, I couldn’t help laugh. Stupidity aside, I at least wasn’t bored. The silliness was amusing, and the descriptions of the races of magical people and of all the different realms held my interest. This was a zany, colorful read full of cartoonish adventures, and that’s why it’s three stars for me. However, it was too silly and cartoonish and lacked too much character depth for me to feel interested in reading more of this series.
BOOK #5
* * * *
This was another one of my favorites in the bundle. It had a few fantasy cliches, but the story was such a unique mixture of fantasy and mystery thriller, with notes of sci-fi and horror. The world building was beautiful, but in a weird dream sort of way, and the dynamic and drama among the characters kept me sucked in. The cliffhanger ending, however, was messed up and didn’t make sense, and there were a few loose ends. So it was four stars instead of five. Still, I would absolutely love to read the rest of this series.
BOOK #6
* * * *
This book was dark and disgusting and not one I would highly recommend, but I really liked the uniqueness of it. The arctic world was like no other world I’d been in before in any fantasy book I’d ever read, and the aspect of using icefire to turn a dead person into an enslaved living entity with super strength while keeping their living, beating heart in a jar is sick and messed up. But it’s totally original. This was not a feel-good type of story, but I was hooked because it was so weird and different and awesomely imaginative. I feel sick and twisted admitting this, but I would love to read the rest of this graphically disturbing series.
BOOK #7
NO RATING
I’m sure I would’ve liked this book, but sadly, the copy I’d received in this bundle was botched up. I’d read the first couple of chapters, and I liked what was readable, so far. It sounded like it would’ve been a fun adventure story, and I liked learning some details about silver smithing. However, to my annoyance and disappointment, I kept coming across sentences with the last word missing, sentences that cut off part way, and parts where it seemed entire sentences or parts of a dialogue were cut out completely. For me, this made the book unreadable, and I had to DNF it. So I couldn’t rate the story.
BOOK #8
* * * *
This was another dark one, but like with the first book in the Icefire series, I really liked the uniqueness and originality of it. It was so exceptionally weird and trippy and mind boggling. I don’t know whether I was following this complicated, multi-layered story 100% correctly or not, but it was a cool read. This was another yes for me. I would love to read the rest of this series. However, I would probably have to read this first book again to fully get what was going on.
OVERALL
This free series starter book bundle was an unforgettable goodie bag of such an interesting variety of fantasy and fantasy sub-genres. I loved being introduced to these authors and to five more series I plan to blow money on in the future.
* * * *
The MC in this book was a total Mary Sue, and the storyline very much had a pantser feel to it. The author seemed to have just pulled one adventure after another for the MC to survive through off the top of his head. Especially when there were parts when a character seemed highly important at one point, and then chapters later, the MC would go about on her quest like her time spent knowing that character never happened—And all the training that went on. So much magical training and fighting training from instructor to instructor to instructor that dragged on for pages and pages. All the while, the MC never bathed. She’d go through heavily exerting amounts of training, and then go strait to bed. Then she’d get up and start all over again. I imagined she must’ve had one gargantuan halo of kickin’ B O fumes.
Aside from those reasons to nit pick, I still enjoyed the book. It kept me entertained and put a smile on my face during a time when I was stuck in the hospital for a whole week going through some medical drama. It was fun and magical, and had that cozy, classic fantasy feel. Yes, I would be interested in reading more of this series.
BOOK #2
* * * *
Wow, was this book fun, fun, fun! jam-packed with non-stop, back-to-back action and adventure. I loved the love triangle aspect too with the nice guy Emperor getting obsessed with the MC while she has the hots for the bad boy assassin with the rockin’ tight bod. I loved all the soap opera drama twists and turns too.
There were some very minor plot holes in this story, and the MC often had too good of luck with things like escaping death, sneaking around in places where she shouldn’t be, and winning a battle. The suspenseful moments were still suspenseful and got my heart going, but the universe seemed to have a repeated pattern of shoving evil aside at just the right moment to make way for the MC, so she could move along with her important mission. These slight bug-a-boos are why I ended up giving this story four stars instead of five. Otherwise, this book was one of my favorite ones in the bundle. I most definitely would love to read the rest of the series!
BOOK #3
* *
It’s so rare when this happens, but I did not enjoy this book.
In the beginning, it started off entertaining, but in a silly, cheesy, B-movie sort of way. The B-movie factor this book had going on cracked me up, and I was thinking this story might end up another four-star one.
Then from around chapter 20 and on, the story bombed out for me. First off, the romance aspect was so tofu and oatmeal. Second, a good majority of the rest of the book was a multitude of extra characters’ POVs either talking about the drawn-out battle that was going down, or talking about weapons, or preparing for the battle. The only distinguishable differences between these many extra characters was their weird fantasy world names, and that some were allies, some were on the enemy’s side, and others were kind of in the middle. Other than that, there was no distinctive personality differences between them. They were all so serious and battle-obsessed. For me, these things made the book turn boring. There were at least some battle scenes twirled in among so much battle blah, blah, blah, but I even found them dull too. I’m fussy about battle scenes and prefer when more sensory descriptions are mixed in with the descriptions of being in combat. I don’t want to just read about the weapon clashing, magic casting action. I want to really feel like I’ve been thrusted amidst the chaos and carnage, and could empathize with all the horrors that the soldiers are going through. When a battle scene is more about the action and lacking in sensory description, for me, it plays out like watching a video game in my mind. I liked the cliffhanger twist at the end, but it wasn’t tantalizing enough to make me want to move on to the second book to see what happens next.
BOOK #4
* * *
I unfortunately wasn’t brimming with love over this book either. A lot of things that went on in it were—in all brutal honesty—stupid. The Adventurers’ Guild, for example. They were an organization consisting of different species of magical beings, like elves and dwarfs and such. Their mission was to go tromping into different realms, like a bunch of dillholes, and invade their villages or castles to steal their treasures. Or they’d kill a sleeping dragon that hadn’t done a harmful thing to them, and divide up its parts amongst themselves for the use of making dragon-based magical products. Yet, they were supposed to be the good guys. The baddies were the goblins and the dragons.
Then there were things that went on in this book that were so incredibly stupid, I couldn’t help laugh. Stupidity aside, I at least wasn’t bored. The silliness was amusing, and the descriptions of the races of magical people and of all the different realms held my interest. This was a zany, colorful read full of cartoonish adventures, and that’s why it’s three stars for me. However, it was too silly and cartoonish and lacked too much character depth for me to feel interested in reading more of this series.
BOOK #5
* * * *
This was another one of my favorites in the bundle. It had a few fantasy cliches, but the story was such a unique mixture of fantasy and mystery thriller, with notes of sci-fi and horror. The world building was beautiful, but in a weird dream sort of way, and the dynamic and drama among the characters kept me sucked in. The cliffhanger ending, however, was messed up and didn’t make sense, and there were a few loose ends. So it was four stars instead of five. Still, I would absolutely love to read the rest of this series.
BOOK #6
* * * *
This book was dark and disgusting and not one I would highly recommend, but I really liked the uniqueness of it. The arctic world was like no other world I’d been in before in any fantasy book I’d ever read, and the aspect of using icefire to turn a dead person into an enslaved living entity with super strength while keeping their living, beating heart in a jar is sick and messed up. But it’s totally original. This was not a feel-good type of story, but I was hooked because it was so weird and different and awesomely imaginative. I feel sick and twisted admitting this, but I would love to read the rest of this graphically disturbing series.
BOOK #7
NO RATING
I’m sure I would’ve liked this book, but sadly, the copy I’d received in this bundle was botched up. I’d read the first couple of chapters, and I liked what was readable, so far. It sounded like it would’ve been a fun adventure story, and I liked learning some details about silver smithing. However, to my annoyance and disappointment, I kept coming across sentences with the last word missing, sentences that cut off part way, and parts where it seemed entire sentences or parts of a dialogue were cut out completely. For me, this made the book unreadable, and I had to DNF it. So I couldn’t rate the story.
BOOK #8
* * * *
This was another dark one, but like with the first book in the Icefire series, I really liked the uniqueness and originality of it. It was so exceptionally weird and trippy and mind boggling. I don’t know whether I was following this complicated, multi-layered story 100% correctly or not, but it was a cool read. This was another yes for me. I would love to read the rest of this series. However, I would probably have to read this first book again to fully get what was going on.
OVERALL
This free series starter book bundle was an unforgettable goodie bag of such an interesting variety of fantasy and fantasy sub-genres. I loved being introduced to these authors and to five more series I plan to blow money on in the future.
April 30, 2016
I liked all the books except the last one. I couldn't finish it. The plot didn't seem to be going anywhere interesting so I just stopped. In fact, based on the synopsis alone, I'd been putting it off, reading instead the sequels to other books in this box set. When I finally started to read it, my fears were vindicated. That brought down the rating for this box set from a four to a three.
January 13, 2024
This is a tough one. Of the eight books in this box set, I enjoyed two of them. The other six I didn't finish at varying points. The reasons I stopped reading were different for each story such as not being able to engage with a story, not caring for the writing style, or the story didn't fit my taste.
June 8, 2016
This collection is useful!!
I managed to find several authors worth following through this collection. More often in collections I find the annoying, not the good. Give this one a try!
I managed to find several authors worth following through this collection. More often in collections I find the annoying, not the good. Give this one a try!
June 19, 2015
Lindsey Buroker's Emperor's edge was the only book I could get through of this group and I loved it. However it is available free as a stand alone.
Currently reading
May 14, 2022When I was reading The God Decrees, there's a continuity gap on chapter 29 which threw me off severely. I assume the author wanted to convey that there had been some time elapsed and that some things had happened which were implied, but it was done in a quite clumsy way, enough to irritate me and cause me to stop reading the book. Either that or the ebook version I got was badly edited.
I don't know if I will continue or not, this incident broke my reading streak so that adds insult to injury. For now I'm giving it a time off.
I don't know if I will continue or not, this incident broke my reading streak so that adds insult to injury. For now I'm giving it a time off.
September 29, 2018
Not what I expected
These would be good stories if I was into fantasy. I assumed from the title that some of them were fantasy but all of them are. If you enjoy that genre this is the book for you
These would be good stories if I was into fantasy. I assumed from the title that some of them were fantasy but all of them are. If you enjoy that genre this is the book for you
January 28, 2019
What I like about this collection is that it has introduced me to some new authors as well as a couple of authors I've already read. Would recommend the book to those who like me enjoy a variety of genre.
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July 26, 2019Diverse Fantasy
I previously read one of these novels I had purchased separately snd I ejoyed it. I also enjoyed the other seven books in this bundle because they are all diverse stories that I'm sure you will enjoy too.
I previously read one of these novels I had purchased separately snd I ejoyed it. I also enjoyed the other seven books in this bundle because they are all diverse stories that I'm sure you will enjoy too.
January 6, 2024
A mixed bag. Some of the stories were well written and some were less interesting. Overall, I liked the series because it provided a good introduction to the different authors and their writing styles.
May 11, 2017
Every book was worth the bread!
Will try to read the next episode for each book in this box set. Each was different but pulled me in and get my attention!
Will try to read the next episode for each book in this box set. Each was different but pulled me in and get my attention!
September 17, 2017
Brilliant! Each book completely different and uniquely compelling. Loved every minute and gained new author's to look out for
April 20, 2020
A medially of stories
Honestly, this took me longer to read then I ever expected. Some of the stories rushed by while others did not go quickly. But, they were interesting.
Honestly, this took me longer to read then I ever expected. Some of the stories rushed by while others did not go quickly. But, they were interesting.
October 16, 2025
When war has consumed Myranda for generations, a mysterious sword is discovered that might allow Myranda to restore peace.
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October 17, 2016
A good bundle a couple of stories were not to my taste, but then two were great including Lost City.
April 25, 2016
I like most of the works in here but as with all anthologies I liked some more than others.
"The God Decrees", "Draykon" and "Lost City" were my favorites.
"Defender" and "Fire and Ice" I finished but did not overly enjoy either.
"Reversion: The Inevitable Horror" I could not get through. I only read 3 chapters but I already knew it was just not a story that interested me.
"The Book of Deacon' I had already read and highly recommend the entire series.
"The Emperor's Edge" was good, but not memorable.
"The God Decrees", "Draykon" and "Lost City" were my favorites.
"Defender" and "Fire and Ice" I finished but did not overly enjoy either.
"Reversion: The Inevitable Horror" I could not get through. I only read 3 chapters but I already knew it was just not a story that interested me.
"The Book of Deacon' I had already read and highly recommend the entire series.
"The Emperor's Edge" was good, but not memorable.
September 16, 2018
The reason it is taking me so long to read this book, is that when I read one of the novels included that spark my interest, I stop reading this one and go read all the books included in the fantasy I just finished. So far that is 3 epics from this book that I have gone on and payed for the rest. Having a compilation like this for readers to get to know these books was really a good idea. I would not have found such great stories otherwise. My favorite so far is the Sanctuary Series.
July 6, 2016
Excellent Collection of Stories!!!
WOW, if you like stories involving a journey, then you must read this set, every book is well written and captivating, I have found a few more authors to follow after reading this collection!! Definitely worth your time!!
WOW, if you like stories involving a journey, then you must read this set, every book is well written and captivating, I have found a few more authors to follow after reading this collection!! Definitely worth your time!!
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August 12, 2015
Quest
I enjoyed this series of books. All the authors had great and wonderful ways of letting me into the fantastical and magical.
I enjoyed this series of books. All the authors had great and wonderful ways of letting me into the fantastical and magical.
September 9, 2015
The first two were the only ones i could bring myself to read. They were good though.
July 5, 2016
1st story - DNF
2nd story - 3 stars
3rd story - DNF
And the rest I didn't feel like reading at that point.
2nd story - 3 stars
3rd story - DNF
And the rest I didn't feel like reading at that point.
August 15, 2016
All novels in this book were great and worth reading. I especially liked Reversion and Defender. I am certain that I am going to grab other books of all authors of this book soon.
March 30, 2017
Enjoyed reading even tho not my usual type of book
April 23, 2017
Different strokes
Some of the stories were great but some of them were just plain bad so I felt completely to only give the collection three stars
Some of the stories were great but some of them were just plain bad so I felt completely to only give the collection three stars
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