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Lost Tales of Power #8
Mage Hunter
Lyshell is a super warrior. He represents the best that technology can produce in the face of the growing threat from magi, but he shelters a secret so deep that even he does not know it. While he searches for himself, the Cyborg Nation is making a move to grab power and threaten the foothold the Wizard Kingdom has achieved in the Phareon Region. Can Lyshell find himself in time to save what is left of his humanity and stop the cyborgs, or will the very technology he depends on enslave him? The Lost Tales of Power is an open-ended series of Sci-Fi/Fantasy books set in a vast multiverse featuring a mixture of traditional fantasy and science fiction elements. Lost Tales Volume I - The Enemy of an Enemy Volume II - The Academy Volume III - Rise of Shadows Volume IV - Resurgence of Ancient Darkness Volume V - The Sac’a’rith Volume VI - Spectra’s Gambit Volume VII - The Sac'a' Rebirth Volume VIII - Mage Hunter Volume IX – The Cerulean Mines Volume X and beyond - TBA
- GenresFantasy
487 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 13, 2017
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November 17, 2017
Be warned that I found it nigh impossible to write this review without a spoiler or two so…
Personally I felt that this book was the weakest in the series so far. It starts of quite well and hints of some cool new stuff but then it makes a U-turn and after that it just runs out of steam.
Lyshell is indeed a super warrior. He is as close to a cyborg as one can get. I quite liked this. I liked how he mentally describes setting aside computer cores for various tasks whether he is in the middle of a fight or just wandering around investigation or planning. Then my Masters is in computing after all so I guess I am a bit biased here.
Unfortunately, when we (I at least) have become all excited about this new guy, a merge between modern implant technology and magic (okay, that he is really a mage as well is not divulged until later but it is not exactly a surprise when it is). Then it goes all bad. He has to choose, remain a cyborg or become a mage. Of course he becomes a mage but now he has to start from zero again. Actually below zero since he is handicapped by having been able to rely on his implants for so long. So gone is the super warrior and what we have left is just another rookie. This really put a dampener on the book for me.
Also, from then on I just feel that the books is disjointed and less interesting than I first thought. It jumps from one situation to another and the authors habit of writing in first person perspective but using a different person in each chapter is not really helping.
It is still a read worthy book but personally I cannot justify more than three stars for this installment in the series.
Personally I felt that this book was the weakest in the series so far. It starts of quite well and hints of some cool new stuff but then it makes a U-turn and after that it just runs out of steam.
Lyshell is indeed a super warrior. He is as close to a cyborg as one can get. I quite liked this. I liked how he mentally describes setting aside computer cores for various tasks whether he is in the middle of a fight or just wandering around investigation or planning. Then my Masters is in computing after all so I guess I am a bit biased here.
Unfortunately, when we (I at least) have become all excited about this new guy, a merge between modern implant technology and magic (okay, that he is really a mage as well is not divulged until later but it is not exactly a surprise when it is). Then it goes all bad. He has to choose, remain a cyborg or become a mage. Of course he becomes a mage but now he has to start from zero again. Actually below zero since he is handicapped by having been able to rely on his implants for so long. So gone is the super warrior and what we have left is just another rookie. This really put a dampener on the book for me.
Also, from then on I just feel that the books is disjointed and less interesting than I first thought. It jumps from one situation to another and the authors habit of writing in first person perspective but using a different person in each chapter is not really helping.
It is still a read worthy book but personally I cannot justify more than three stars for this installment in the series.
May 29, 2017
Very Good Reading
This book is longer than previous books. At least I think so. But the tale continues.
This one had a lot more details than the others and in a couple of places I thought it sort of got bogged down, but don't let that stop you from reading it. It's a great story and I recommend it!
This book is longer than previous books. At least I think so. But the tale continues.
This one had a lot more details than the others and in a couple of places I thought it sort of got bogged down, but don't let that stop you from reading it. It's a great story and I recommend it!
May 31, 2017
The adventures continue...
My first thought was Great, more new characters to keep track of. The reality? I think this is the best book so far in the series. In addition to the new characters it brings back a lot of the old characters and binds them all together well. Oh, yeah, and a lot of good stuff happens.
My first thought was Great, more new characters to keep track of. The reality? I think this is the best book so far in the series. In addition to the new characters it brings back a lot of the old characters and binds them all together well. Oh, yeah, and a lot of good stuff happens.
May 21, 2017
The only bad part was that it ended and now I have to wait for the next volume / episode. I've been doing a good bit of reading lately and I greatly enjoyed getting back into this "Lost Tales of Power" universe. Thank you Vincent Trigili.
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