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LORDS OF PROPHECY

By

Michael A. Rothman

BLURB:  

The Riverton brothers have completed their training, and despite their own personal skills, they worry about the forces arrayed against them. Knowing the barrier that's kept the people of Trimoria safe for over five centuries is weakening, the brothers ready their ragtag army of humans, dwarves, and elves for battle. 
In the meantime, on the other side of the ancient barrier, a growing army of demons have readied themselves for the final battle against the people of Trimoria. 
As the barrier weakens, Ryan is struck by bouts of debilitating madness. As the barrier crumbles, so does the hope of Trimoria's citizens. 

EXCERPT:

A light-hearted scene where the main characters are watching their youngest siblings interacting with a mysterious young dwarf.
As the soldier affirmed the order, Ryan turned toward the window and watched the children.
Zenethar, the king’s son showed the dwarf a wooden block. “Can you float this around? I wanna do my archery practice.”
Rebecca looked puzzled. “Archery?”
Zenethar tossed the block to the dwarf and Ramai caught it, letting Maggie drop as his interest in the doll waned.
“Maggie!”
Rebecca ran over, dusted her doll off, and gave her a hug. She sat back on the pillows and watched the boys.
Ramai studied the plain wooden block and looked puzzled. “Is this a fun game?”
Zenethar nodded enthusiastically. “Ryan does this lots! Just float it slowly.”
Ramai levitated the block and allowed it to float aimlessly around the stone chamber.
Zenethar flicked his finger and a sparkling bolt of energy flew at the block, hitting it and sending the wooden toy spinning.
Rebecca laughed and clapped with glee. “You got it Zenny! Do it again!”
Ramai smiled as the block moved around and the darts of energy flew throughout the room. When he increased the speed of the movement, Zenethar missed, leaving a tiny scorch mark on the stone ceiling. “This is a fun game!”
Ryan muttered to his brother. “This could get out of hand quickly.”
Aaron covered his mouth, suppressing the sound of his amusement as he watched the dwarf challenge Zenethar’s aim. Rebecca screamed with laughter.
Aaron leaned over and whispered, “Let them have fun. They can’t exactly burn down a stone castle.”
The wooden block swooped down and Zenethar accidentally sent a bolt of energy at Ramai. The bolt bounced off of his white robe and singed his beard.
Ramai slapped at his beard, as Zenethar’s face went from amused to shocked. With a puff of smoke coming from his beard, the dwarf announced, “That is not a fun game!”

My Review:

I really enjoyed all of the different creatures in this book, and I liked how they banded together. Some good, and some bad. Some bad banded with the good, and that just proves that you can never trust a book by it's cover. When the world as you know it is about to end, you can find allies in unusual places. I enjoyed the end of the book as well. There was an epic battle, and many were lost. I kept guessing who would live, and I was happy with the way it turned out. The author did a great job of creating an alternate world, and I found myself remembering the included maps by the author. I had a whole world envisioned in my head. I also liked Aaron and Ryan as newlyweds and enjoyed how they interacted. They have been raised for this battle, and never stop preparing. There were unexpected twists that I did not see coming, and that made them all the more exciting. I love when a book leads you some place, and then pulls a 360 on you. I never saw them coming, and the author got me more than once.

The author also used great mythology and I loved the idea of a prophecy. The book was written well, and easy to follow. Even though the protection barrier is down and the epic battle has been fought, I hope we has not seen the last of Aaron, Ryan and Trimoria. I am giving this book a 5/5! I was given a copy to review, however all opinions are my own ! Don't forget to comment for a chance to win the giveaway!

 

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AUTHOR INFORMATION:

I've been writing throughout my career as an engineer, however my writing had been relegated to technical books and technical magazine articles. Heck, you might even find a couple of those musty tomes still for sale if you look hard enough.

With my foray into epic fantasy, I've shed the shackles of technical writing and created novels that I hope will be attractive to a much wider audience.

I've always admired truly epic tales. You know the ones I mean. The book you crack open, wander through and utterly get immersed in. The story

takes you on twists and turns you never expected, run into dead-ends that make you wheel your arms backward to prevent you from falling into an endless abyss. By the time you reach what you think is the end, you've read hundreds of pages and realize the end is really only the beginning of the story.

You close the book and wonder out loud. "Do I have the next book? Is it out yet?"

My goal when I started writing the first book (HEIRS OF PROPHECY) that involved the Riverton family was to make a story that would allow a younger audience access to such a tale. Since then, a second book (TOOLS OF PROPHECY) was released, and now I introduce the third book in the series with LORDS OF PROPHECY. 

As to my other writing activities, I've completed another as of yet unreleased novelProphecies series, and they are scheduled to be released as soon as - well, as soon as the paperwork on them is complete, and the lawyers nod their heads up and down.

I hope you enjoy the novel.

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