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A Step into Darkscape
Power breathes between the trees and the old shack lifts upon dead limbs...and Ami is drawn toward the dark magic, discovering another place just beyond the veil.
But when she is taken captive by an order of men, who serve a beautiful and dangerous tower-bound goddess, she must try to escape.
But beneath the layers, something turns.
Together with her companions, Hero, Raven and Florence, Ami confronts the mysteries of her own legend and comes face to face with the deadliest of adversaries: Romany.
But when she is taken captive by an order of men, who serve a beautiful and dangerous tower-bound goddess, she must try to escape.
But beneath the layers, something turns.
Together with her companions, Hero, Raven and Florence, Ami confronts the mysteries of her own legend and comes face to face with the deadliest of adversaries: Romany.
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First published July 4, 2015
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Blake Rivers
70 books12 followersI did not write any of this AI Slop that keeps being attributed to me. I would never use AI. I am sorry Goodreads is so bad at this… I have three books. The Assassin Princess, A Step into Darkscape and The Assassin's Codaci, and a short story collection called Takes of Legacy.
Hi, I'm Blake and as you may have guessed by now, I'm a writer. Yup, that’s right, I write books and I wrote my first novel, The Assassin Princess, in 2011 when I was twenty-eight. Two sequels followed, A Step into Darkscape and The Assassin's Codaci. This magical fantasy series started as a story written about my girlfriend, at the time, an artist who dreamed of being a fierce warrior in another world, who kicked butt and swung a sword to battle the enemy. It grew and became The Assassin Princess, a tale of an artist who is kidnapped and taken to a strange land full of magic, talking unicorns and dragons. It goes dark, exploring jealously, greed and hunger; it goes light and reaches for the best in even the most flawed of characters. But in essence, it still remains about her at its heart.
I started writing when I was seven years old. Back then it was mostly poems about whatever interested me at the time, be it the seasons or the planets, or my love for libraries and books. I also turned my hand to a few short stories, all hand written and lost over time.
I don’t remember why I started writing, but I do remember what inspired me to do it. It was Yuri, writing his poems to Lara in the frozen house in the film Dr Zhivago, and the beautiful music played, Lara’s Theme; it was the sound of the typewriter at the very start of the film Misery, where Paul Sheldon finishes his latest book.
These still inspire me to this day, along with whole host of other influences: the novels by Brandon Sanderson, Sarah J. Maas, J. R. R. Tolkien, J. K. Rowling, Anne Rice, Stephen King, Patricia Cornwell to name a few. Any movie that shows a typewriter.
Hi, I'm Blake and as you may have guessed by now, I'm a writer. Yup, that’s right, I write books and I wrote my first novel, The Assassin Princess, in 2011 when I was twenty-eight. Two sequels followed, A Step into Darkscape and The Assassin's Codaci. This magical fantasy series started as a story written about my girlfriend, at the time, an artist who dreamed of being a fierce warrior in another world, who kicked butt and swung a sword to battle the enemy. It grew and became The Assassin Princess, a tale of an artist who is kidnapped and taken to a strange land full of magic, talking unicorns and dragons. It goes dark, exploring jealously, greed and hunger; it goes light and reaches for the best in even the most flawed of characters. But in essence, it still remains about her at its heart.
I started writing when I was seven years old. Back then it was mostly poems about whatever interested me at the time, be it the seasons or the planets, or my love for libraries and books. I also turned my hand to a few short stories, all hand written and lost over time.
I don’t remember why I started writing, but I do remember what inspired me to do it. It was Yuri, writing his poems to Lara in the frozen house in the film Dr Zhivago, and the beautiful music played, Lara’s Theme; it was the sound of the typewriter at the very start of the film Misery, where Paul Sheldon finishes his latest book.
These still inspire me to this day, along with whole host of other influences: the novels by Brandon Sanderson, Sarah J. Maas, J. R. R. Tolkien, J. K. Rowling, Anne Rice, Stephen King, Patricia Cornwell to name a few. Any movie that shows a typewriter.
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October 5, 2015
It's tough to write a sequel that reminds you subtly of who is who and what is going on. I liked the way this one sprinkles in bits of information that bring you back up to speed while also moving the story forward.
Ami is a much more defined character in this book. The focus isn't really on her anymore in the same way, and instead she jumps pretty quickly into fighting the new bad guy - who will make many readers think of The White Witch of Narnia lore, or at least that's the comparison I made. Raven, Hero and a very small cast of minor characters add to the dimensions of storytelling here, and I liked how they were kind of lost. Too often, it seems like, the good guys of a story just miraculously know what to do. Here, they don't have a clue. The mystery element of what's going on with the "goddess" is revealed bit by bit, and you learn right along with Ami and her friends.
I will say that the first half of the book was much better, for me. Towards the end, the descriptions took over and were a little difficult to plow through. The climactic battle scene is maybe too vast as it jumps from...well, I'll avoid spoilers. And I'm still not clear on a few things. For one, what was the point of capturing the 2 people from the beginning, because there certainly wasn't much focus on them after the intro? And, why did Raven have to go instead of Hero? There were just a few plot things like that that seemed a little loose.
BUT, overall I really enjoyed the author's newly created layer/world. The underlying (literally) danger keeps the story tense and interesting. Ami's growth continues to make her likable. And it ends in a way that I'm sure even more adventures will arise in the future.
Ami is a much more defined character in this book. The focus isn't really on her anymore in the same way, and instead she jumps pretty quickly into fighting the new bad guy - who will make many readers think of The White Witch of Narnia lore, or at least that's the comparison I made. Raven, Hero and a very small cast of minor characters add to the dimensions of storytelling here, and I liked how they were kind of lost. Too often, it seems like, the good guys of a story just miraculously know what to do. Here, they don't have a clue. The mystery element of what's going on with the "goddess" is revealed bit by bit, and you learn right along with Ami and her friends.
I will say that the first half of the book was much better, for me. Towards the end, the descriptions took over and were a little difficult to plow through. The climactic battle scene is maybe too vast as it jumps from...well, I'll avoid spoilers. And I'm still not clear on a few things. For one, what was the point of capturing the 2 people from the beginning, because there certainly wasn't much focus on them after the intro? And, why did Raven have to go instead of Hero? There were just a few plot things like that that seemed a little loose.
BUT, overall I really enjoyed the author's newly created layer/world. The underlying (literally) danger keeps the story tense and interesting. Ami's growth continues to make her likable. And it ends in a way that I'm sure even more adventures will arise in the future.
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