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Forest Wars
"This combined abominable army will spread death and destruction everywhere. Already great alarm is mounting across the forests. No species can be safe. This army will perpetrate mass genocide." A world of men and wolves and forest animals pitted against hordes of violent armies of wild, ferocious canines and vampire bat allies. Forest Wars sees us reunited with the character Gwen, the mistress of The Haven, who holds sway over the realm whilst her husband Nigel is gone. He must try and lead an expedition of wolves and men in an attempt to find an unknown path through the forest to new lands. But the armies of The Mongrels and The Night Birds are amassing to wage war and bring the inhabitants of The Haven to their final destruction. Nigel is running out of time to save his homeland. And there are also troubles closer to home. The Council of 29, seemingly loyal to Gwen's rule, are secretly plotting her demise. Only Nigel's successful mission to the new lands and triumphant return with whatever help he can find will stave off a coup that could destroy them all... Praise for Graham ‘Graham Diamond has written a novel that stands out and dares to be different.’ Rising Shadow ‘An excellent story...absorbing...keeps one reading on eagerly.’ Andre Norton Graham Diamond began writing as a fantasy and science fiction author. He was born in Manchester, England, but was raised in New York City. He soon turned to other genres; including historical fiction, thrillers, and later a true story of a Holocaust survivor’s family during World War II, Maybe You Will Survive. Diamond was employed as an editorial artist by the New York Times for many years, and has also taught creative writing in both New York and California. His other novels with Venture Press include The Haven, Lady of the Haven, and The Thief of Kalimar.
586 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1995
About the author
Graham Diamond
33 books47 followersIn 2015 Venture Press Ltd, UK contracted to reissue seven of Graham Diamond's most noted titles. Among them was THE HAVEN, Diamond's renown cult classic. Others include the EMPIRE PRINCESS series:
LADY OF THE HAVEN; DUNGEONS OF KUBA, THE FALCON OF EDEN, THE BEASTS OF HADES.
In addition, the two part SAMARKAND and SAMARKAND DAWN were released to new worldwide audiences.
Graham Diamond began writing as a fantasy and science fiction author. He was born in Manchester, England, after World War II, and his family moved to the United States when he was a young child. He was raised in New York City, on the Upper West Side, and graduated from the High School of Music and Art. He attended CCNY in NY, and the Art Students League of New York.
He worked for the New York Times as a production manager in Editorial Art for many years. He has also taught creative writing in New York and California.
-Wikipedia
LADY OF THE HAVEN; DUNGEONS OF KUBA, THE FALCON OF EDEN, THE BEASTS OF HADES.
In addition, the two part SAMARKAND and SAMARKAND DAWN were released to new worldwide audiences.
Graham Diamond began writing as a fantasy and science fiction author. He was born in Manchester, England, after World War II, and his family moved to the United States when he was a young child. He was raised in New York City, on the Upper West Side, and graduated from the High School of Music and Art. He attended CCNY in NY, and the Art Students League of New York.
He worked for the New York Times as a production manager in Editorial Art for many years. He has also taught creative writing in New York and California.
-Wikipedia
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January 12, 2018
Forest Wars exemplifies many things: how a writer with all the talent of an overconfident adolescent can snag a book deal, or how a decent story idea can be made both tedious and laughable all at once.
This book is terrible. The characters are pale and predictable (and almost always male), the story flat and bereft of any dramatic tension, and the narrative style completely uninteresting. While there is the nugget of a good idea at the heart of Forest Wars, author Graham Diamond is not the writer who could spin gold from that particular straw.
What takes this book from loathsome to laughable are the many, many malapropisms. One character is accused of "fermenting unrest", while another is described as having combat skills that are "suburb." Sounds like someone ran over this manuscript with a spell-checker, which would not catch these mistakes, instead of eyeballs, which would. Something else that might have been prevented was the hilarious misuse of the English language:
"The landscape provided a melodramatic, turbid scene."
"Chicanery--deception and hypocrisy with which they hope to frighten the world into submission, intending to coerce us to tremble and recoil in their wake."
"The people required demure leadership and his dominant image more than ever."
These sentences--and many, many others--look as if they were assembled by a sentient thesaurus that somehow worked its will on Lion Press, which published this clanking, clattering collection of crap.
Forest Wars is quite possibly the worst book I have ever read. Shame on you, Graham Diamond, for spawning this piece of garbage, and on you, Lion Press, for unleashing it upon an unsuspecting world.
This book is terrible. The characters are pale and predictable (and almost always male), the story flat and bereft of any dramatic tension, and the narrative style completely uninteresting. While there is the nugget of a good idea at the heart of Forest Wars, author Graham Diamond is not the writer who could spin gold from that particular straw.
What takes this book from loathsome to laughable are the many, many malapropisms. One character is accused of "fermenting unrest", while another is described as having combat skills that are "suburb." Sounds like someone ran over this manuscript with a spell-checker, which would not catch these mistakes, instead of eyeballs, which would. Something else that might have been prevented was the hilarious misuse of the English language:
"The landscape provided a melodramatic, turbid scene."
"Chicanery--deception and hypocrisy with which they hope to frighten the world into submission, intending to coerce us to tremble and recoil in their wake."
"The people required demure leadership and his dominant image more than ever."
These sentences--and many, many others--look as if they were assembled by a sentient thesaurus that somehow worked its will on Lion Press, which published this clanking, clattering collection of crap.
Forest Wars is quite possibly the worst book I have ever read. Shame on you, Graham Diamond, for spawning this piece of garbage, and on you, Lion Press, for unleashing it upon an unsuspecting world.
November 20, 2017
Valamilyen ajánlás alapján kezdtem el olvasni. Erdő, tél, harcosok. Érdekesnek tűnt. Hetekig szenvedtem az első pár fejezettel, azután belekezdtem, de egyre jobban bosszantott a könyv. Beszélő állatokkal ki lehet üldözni a világból, itt meg beszélnek a farkasok, az összes madár, a kígyók és a kutyák. De a lovak, szamarak és tehenek nem. Mi a fenéért nem?
A fő ostrom előtt az egyesített seregek elit része vakmerő küldetésbe kezd, elesnek. Erre a maradék seregecske kepes hetekig állni az ostromot. Mi lett volna ha az észlények nem pusztulnak el az ostrom előtt!? Ráadásul kutyák ostromolnak kővárat!!! Sikerrel! Agyam eldobom. Valamint a trójai fakutya, és a semmiből előhúzott pirotechnika. A végére nagyon elgurolt a szerző gyógyszere.
A fő ostrom előtt az egyesített seregek elit része vakmerő küldetésbe kezd, elesnek. Erre a maradék seregecske kepes hetekig állni az ostromot. Mi lett volna ha az észlények nem pusztulnak el az ostrom előtt!? Ráadásul kutyák ostromolnak kővárat!!! Sikerrel! Agyam eldobom. Valamint a trójai fakutya, és a semmiből előhúzott pirotechnika. A végére nagyon elgurolt a szerző gyógyszere.
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