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Red Proxy #1-3
Red Proxy: Books 1-3
What price would you pay for immortality?
In the world of Red Proxy, people can live forever. All it takes is sacrificing another and magically stealing their Span, or life force. It’s a practice that goes back to the beginning of time.
But some are questioning the “Proxy” system that takes from one to give to another. Some will go to any lengths to preserve the system. Others will do anything to smash it.
The people of Greyfelle are caught in the middle of this titanic struggle of life vs. death. Will only the strong survive, or will a tiny bud of hope spring up in the midst of chaos?
The Red Proxy set consists of Books 1-3 of the
Book 1: The Blood King
Book 2: 99 Days
Book 3: The Anointed
It’s a series you won’t want to miss.
In the world of Red Proxy, people can live forever. All it takes is sacrificing another and magically stealing their Span, or life force. It’s a practice that goes back to the beginning of time.
But some are questioning the “Proxy” system that takes from one to give to another. Some will go to any lengths to preserve the system. Others will do anything to smash it.
The people of Greyfelle are caught in the middle of this titanic struggle of life vs. death. Will only the strong survive, or will a tiny bud of hope spring up in the midst of chaos?
The Red Proxy set consists of Books 1-3 of the
Book 1: The Blood King
Book 2: 99 Days
Book 3: The Anointed
It’s a series you won’t want to miss.
1100 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 4, 2017
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17 people want to read
About the author
Keith Ward
6 books45 followersFor me, writing is an exploration. I put on my virtual pith helmet, grab my machete and start hacking through my mind, trying to find stuff that's interesting. Mostly, I just want to tell a good story -- I don't have grandiose ideas about changing the world through my prose (that would be nice, but nah -- it ain't happening).
I write mostly in the fantasy genre. I've loved fantasy since discovering Frodo, Gandalf and Smaug when I was still Hobbit-sized. For me, "The Lord of the Rings" represented how I wanted the world to be (heck, I'd still pay a lot of money for a ticket there, if anyone has one to sell). After that, it was "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant", "Sword of Shannara" and any other fantasy novels I could get my hands on. The local library was my favorite place to be. I did more traveling there than anywhere else.
I've written in many other genres over the years (mostly during my unprofitable screenplay-writing days), including historical fiction, mystery, thriller, western and contemporary drama. But I always seem to come back to fantasy. As a genre, it's difficult to do, since you have to make up *everything* you write -- when a character walks somewhere, you have to decide what "somewhere" is -- but that's part of the appeal for me. I get to explore much further than the confines of this reality.
Ultimately writing is part of my soul. I do it because I must. I don't write to feel alive. I write because *I am* alive. I hope you'll come along on the journey with me.
I write mostly in the fantasy genre. I've loved fantasy since discovering Frodo, Gandalf and Smaug when I was still Hobbit-sized. For me, "The Lord of the Rings" represented how I wanted the world to be (heck, I'd still pay a lot of money for a ticket there, if anyone has one to sell). After that, it was "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant", "Sword of Shannara" and any other fantasy novels I could get my hands on. The local library was my favorite place to be. I did more traveling there than anywhere else.
I've written in many other genres over the years (mostly during my unprofitable screenplay-writing days), including historical fiction, mystery, thriller, western and contemporary drama. But I always seem to come back to fantasy. As a genre, it's difficult to do, since you have to make up *everything* you write -- when a character walks somewhere, you have to decide what "somewhere" is -- but that's part of the appeal for me. I get to explore much further than the confines of this reality.
Ultimately writing is part of my soul. I do it because I must. I don't write to feel alive. I write because *I am* alive. I hope you'll come along on the journey with me.
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August 14, 2018
I don't think that I can express in words how much I absolutely hated these books!
First and foremost, the magic system in this world is horrific. Any single person who would rationalize that this system wasn't evil would be reprehensible; the fact that everyone in the whole world of Grayfelle accepts proxies and Transfer as not only acceptable, but also honorable was revolting. I thought that the villains in these books were overly dramatic and one-dimentional, but that might have been necessary considering the "good" people were already despicable.
Second, I found the rescue of the triplets, and the whole journey to retrieve them, to be ridiculously providential. Things happened too conveniently to be believable for me.
Third, I hated Xinlas and his change of heart was too little, too late. Maybe the Secret Gods can tell that his impulsive decision to be good was looking-lasting (though their dialogue at the end doesn't indicate that is the case), but we're I them, I certainly wouldn't depend on it.
And finally, my emotions during the course of this story were never positive. I found myself horrified/disgusted throughout the first book; bored through most of the second book; and irritated (at Xinlas mostly) for most of the third book.
I'm glad that it only took me a day to read this, because it's less time to regret having wasted.
I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.
First and foremost, the magic system in this world is horrific. Any single person who would rationalize that this system wasn't evil would be reprehensible; the fact that everyone in the whole world of Grayfelle accepts proxies and Transfer as not only acceptable, but also honorable was revolting. I thought that the villains in these books were overly dramatic and one-dimentional, but that might have been necessary considering the "good" people were already despicable.
Second, I found the rescue of the triplets, and the whole journey to retrieve them, to be ridiculously providential. Things happened too conveniently to be believable for me.
Third, I hated Xinlas and his change of heart was too little, too late. Maybe the Secret Gods can tell that his impulsive decision to be good was looking-lasting (though their dialogue at the end doesn't indicate that is the case), but we're I them, I certainly wouldn't depend on it.
And finally, my emotions during the course of this story were never positive. I found myself horrified/disgusted throughout the first book; bored through most of the second book; and irritated (at Xinlas mostly) for most of the third book.
I'm glad that it only took me a day to read this, because it's less time to regret having wasted.
I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.
November 20, 2018
This was a great series but very long. Be prepared. I am a fast reader, I can read 1-2 books a day but these 3 books took me 2 weeks. I did take a break for a couple days as there are a lot of details and not much dialogue or action in some parts which i'm not personally a fan of. The story was great and I plan on finishing the series someday.
September 24, 2018
This is by far the worst series of books I have ever read.
December 9, 2017
MY FIRST READ FROM AUTHOR KEITH WARD IS OBVIOUSLY THE BEGINNING OF AN EPIC AND I'M GOING ALONG FOR THE RIDE
The Blood King (Red Proxy #1), was obviously the beginning of an epic and now in my second read from Keith Ward the epic continues. In 99 Days (Red Proxy #2) the action takes off at a faster pace, the character development even better than in the first book and the evolved storyline is even better.
The third book was excellent. You get to see how the triplets grow up and get their marking. Winlas has let his ego grow and becomes an annoying person. The irony is when he learns of his lifespan he starts thing about transfers. The same thing that killed him he wants to do to another. All through this book you want to shake him and tell him to grow up. I enjoyed meeting Greengrass and her family but cried when their protection fails them. The plots in this book are amazing, they keep you reading to find out what is going to happen next. You have to admire Queen Plyonia, she is very sneaky and knows a big secret that she uses against the King. The characters in this series are well thought out and you can picture them in your mind. The descriptions are excellent. Cannot wait for the next book. What is going to happen next? Would recommend this book to all my family and friends.
The Blood King (Red Proxy #1), was obviously the beginning of an epic and now in my second read from Keith Ward the epic continues. In 99 Days (Red Proxy #2) the action takes off at a faster pace, the character development even better than in the first book and the evolved storyline is even better.
The third book was excellent. You get to see how the triplets grow up and get their marking. Winlas has let his ego grow and becomes an annoying person. The irony is when he learns of his lifespan he starts thing about transfers. The same thing that killed him he wants to do to another. All through this book you want to shake him and tell him to grow up. I enjoyed meeting Greengrass and her family but cried when their protection fails them. The plots in this book are amazing, they keep you reading to find out what is going to happen next. You have to admire Queen Plyonia, she is very sneaky and knows a big secret that she uses against the King. The characters in this series are well thought out and you can picture them in your mind. The descriptions are excellent. Cannot wait for the next book. What is going to happen next? Would recommend this book to all my family and friends.
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