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Cleelok: Chaos as defined by the limits of Eternity
Cleelok, Chaos as defined by the limits of Eternity, is an epic fantasy story with four main characters, one for each race, one for each element. The chapters rotate between them individually, explaining the lush world and magic system, before they find each other and end their adventures as a united team.There is the world of their creators, a realm of Law filled with sentient elements made up of stone (Gaen), water (Fluen), air (Luften) and fire (Pyran). There is the world of our adventurers, a land of Chaos made of flesh and magic which is split into the same four realms. Out of Chaos, magic is born. Each character in the story has their own goals and trials. Croy, the Gaen dreamer, must overcome his inherent meekness. He enters the desert searching for the legendary talking trees and finds more than he was looking for. Clerin, the daughter of minor Fluen royalty, has messages to carry between the world’s eternal creators, the Belegs. Travelling from temple to temple, she soon realizes that not all of the Belegs wish to be found. Vrric, the Luften mage, who quickly gains in knowledge and power. Each day gets him closer to his goal, escaping mediocrity. The story’s climax coalesces around Trela, the Pyran warrior who, she feels, is destined to become Queen. This can only be accomplished by gathering a large enough warpack to force the despotic King to clash swords with her and she can only accomplish that with the help of her new foreign friends.
- GenresFantasy
779 pages, Paperback
Published November 17, 2020
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Sean Nuber
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June 22, 2022
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Actual rating: 3.75 Stars
Cleelok: Chaos as defined by the limits of Eternity is a very ambitious fantasy novel standing at ~340K words. My hardcover -which I received in exchange of an honest review- is huge and is around 700 pages but translated into the standard formula, the book is around 1000 pages long. The story is told in third person POV through 4 main characters each with a goal of their own.
Nuber certainly can write and more than once, I found myself thinking about the writing process and how can one person do most of the job alone as it is a self published book. The prose flows well and it was filled with many moments where it was hard to put the book. I did not highlight a lot of quotes because I thought they won’t work as well out of context but the writing was still good. The chapters are very long as there are only 21 chapters so the average reading time for each chapter is around an hour which is something I am not used to and not a big fan of.
There are four main characters: Croy, Clerin, Vrric and Trela. Each one of them belongs to one of the main tribes representing Earth, Water, Air and Fire and each has a goal in mind they want to achieve. The story starts with Croy who is entangled with Trela from the start, then we have Clerin who gives us an idea about the world and its history and finally we have Vrric whose chapters explain the magic system. All of the Arcs start converging until all the characters meet and the story becomes more focused in one direction.
Vrric was the most intriguing character for me specially in the first chapters. I think he grows a bit too fast after that and at a later point all the characters are well balanced. To be honest, Trela kept repeating the sentence “I am the Kriishan” which became very annoying and usually these sentences that are repeated again and again are one of my writing pet peeves.
The magic system is cool and easy to understand. There is a glossary at the end of the book with some illustrations and tables explaining it. I just did not bother turning to that page whenever a spell was cast because I would get the effect from the context.
Summary: It is an epic and very ambitious story with solid writing and well written characters. The pace is slow and the chapters are very long so it is a novel that requires patience and focus. Fans of epic classic fantasy will certainly find something to like in this one!
Actual rating: 3.75 Stars
Just because it has ‘always been’ does not mean that it was supposed to be that way. All great events, in hindsight, appear to be planned. But that is only because you already know their outcome. Just because we do exist, does not mean that we need to exist. Or that we needed to exist. It is just that it is impossible for us to imagine not existing.” Feyazki smiled at Croy. “I believe you are confusing truth with reality.”
Cleelok: Chaos as defined by the limits of Eternity is a very ambitious fantasy novel standing at ~340K words. My hardcover -which I received in exchange of an honest review- is huge and is around 700 pages but translated into the standard formula, the book is around 1000 pages long. The story is told in third person POV through 4 main characters each with a goal of their own.
Nuber certainly can write and more than once, I found myself thinking about the writing process and how can one person do most of the job alone as it is a self published book. The prose flows well and it was filled with many moments where it was hard to put the book. I did not highlight a lot of quotes because I thought they won’t work as well out of context but the writing was still good. The chapters are very long as there are only 21 chapters so the average reading time for each chapter is around an hour which is something I am not used to and not a big fan of.
There are four main characters: Croy, Clerin, Vrric and Trela. Each one of them belongs to one of the main tribes representing Earth, Water, Air and Fire and each has a goal in mind they want to achieve. The story starts with Croy who is entangled with Trela from the start, then we have Clerin who gives us an idea about the world and its history and finally we have Vrric whose chapters explain the magic system. All of the Arcs start converging until all the characters meet and the story becomes more focused in one direction.
Vrric was the most intriguing character for me specially in the first chapters. I think he grows a bit too fast after that and at a later point all the characters are well balanced. To be honest, Trela kept repeating the sentence “I am the Kriishan” which became very annoying and usually these sentences that are repeated again and again are one of my writing pet peeves.
The magic system is cool and easy to understand. There is a glossary at the end of the book with some illustrations and tables explaining it. I just did not bother turning to that page whenever a spell was cast because I would get the effect from the context.
“Death is death. The beauty of death is that there is no more pain. No more humiliation, no more struggle. It is not the dead who feel that this room is horrible. No, only the living worry about those aesthetics.”
Summary: It is an epic and very ambitious story with solid writing and well written characters. The pace is slow and the chapters are very long so it is a novel that requires patience and focus. Fans of epic classic fantasy will certainly find something to like in this one!
March 30, 2021
The effort put forth to create this novel deserves a commendation. In some ways, this fantasy world is kind of like War and Peace. Still not really sure what a Kriishan is but Trela is the real deal! Trela is probably my fave character out of this fantasy tome.
Reading this book requires a significant amount of concentration. Written beautifully and descriptive, it still must be digested. There are so many different worlds and people that, if you are not deliberate, you could get lost easily. I would get carried away in a storyline and read it to the end, then have to go back and reread to catch the nuances.
Sean Nuber puts an extremely valuable table of explanations and definitions and a map in the book. If that was placed at the start of the book, it would work even better for the reader. The storylines of the main four characters are woven together in a classic fashion. Professor Tolkien would be complimented if he sat down and read this book.
A worthwhile read. You will be able to fully lose yourself in this world. That is a positive thing considering how our world had been for the last year or so.
Recommended to fans of big fantasy tales that involve rings.
Disclaimer: I received a copy from the author in the hopes I'd review it.
My Rating: 5 stars
Reviewed by: Mr. N
This review first appeared: https://www.nnlightsbookheaven.com/po...
Reading this book requires a significant amount of concentration. Written beautifully and descriptive, it still must be digested. There are so many different worlds and people that, if you are not deliberate, you could get lost easily. I would get carried away in a storyline and read it to the end, then have to go back and reread to catch the nuances.
Sean Nuber puts an extremely valuable table of explanations and definitions and a map in the book. If that was placed at the start of the book, it would work even better for the reader. The storylines of the main four characters are woven together in a classic fashion. Professor Tolkien would be complimented if he sat down and read this book.
A worthwhile read. You will be able to fully lose yourself in this world. That is a positive thing considering how our world had been for the last year or so.
Recommended to fans of big fantasy tales that involve rings.
Disclaimer: I received a copy from the author in the hopes I'd review it.
My Rating: 5 stars
Reviewed by: Mr. N
This review first appeared: https://www.nnlightsbookheaven.com/po...
December 14, 2021
Good story fun fantasy book
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