First Light

Globiuz #1

by R.L. Douglas

Binglow is a young pig-troll (Paglot) of the Torry Mountains, who decides to follow the advice of the Black Dwarfs to join the resistance against the cannibal swine-dogs – Opules. Of course, it wasn't for free, the Black Dwarfs were mining gold in the Torry catacombs. Such tempting offer lured Binglow and his pig-troll friends to prepare for an ambush, but there was one little problem.

While scouting over Norwin, he finds more friends from Amber Heights, Kazool and other nooks of the fantasy terrain, to form the alliance. Alas, revealing awkwardness and inability in expelling the stronger enemy. A brutal force was not the point of Norwin, the land that lied in prosperous glens of an upcoming disintegration. The magic was all forgotten, or hidden in the hands of those, who had barely preserved it.

The team of the young rebels, at last, had started noticing, that many problems of their lands weren't coming just from the evil intruders of Shakalot, but from something else....

314 pages, Paperback

First published October 31, 2018

About the author

Richard L. Douglas is the author of the Globiuz (fantasy) and Stratius (sci-fi) series. Publications: First Light (2018), the Golden Scallop (2019), the Sinister of Bones (scheduled). The author of several academic publications on 'probability reasoning' and the 'AI data modeling'.

Reviews

[R.L. Douglas · Rating 5 out of 5]

A much better experience with this work was achieved. New chapters, characters (Clarnet, Krag), races (Hottons, Cruxes) were added in the Third Edition (2018-2021), three years since the original publication. First Light became a very enjoyable fantasy journey!