It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book!
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Today's Wild Card author is:
and the book:
Christian Books Today Ltd (October 22, 2013)
***Special thanks to Jason Richardson for sending me a review copy.***
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
happy though sometimes sleepless life in the UK with his wife, two children and rather
cheeky Parson Russell Terrier.:
Visit the author's website.
SHORT BOOK DESCRIPTION:
The Greatest Myth ever dispelled. Italy. A tough master of novices, Father Dante encounters the bold young priest Antonio who challenges his identity and accuses him of being the Saint Nicholas. But despite the Father faking his death, a determined Antonio discovers a rather alive Dante arrayed in kilt and armor.In return for Antonio’s silence—and to protect the town from attracting all manner of darkness—Dante agrees to tell his life story. Without explanation, Dante orders Antonio to meet him at night in the abandoned Cathedral, the site of a former battle that the Church has kept secret for a generation.
Until today.
The Criskindl. Ice Steeds. The Unborn. Saint.
From the Dark Ages’ when Poet-Sorcerers ruled kings, to the Holy Land when a new civilization was rising, to Revolutionary France where love is lost and gained, Father Dante pursues the one responsible for both his master and his mother’s deaths: Black Peter, his brother.
List Price: $14,99
Series: the Father Dante Journals
Paperback: 218 pages
Publisher: Christian Books Today Ltd (October 22, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1907436472
ISBN-13: 978-1907436475
AND NOW...THE FIRST CHAPTER:
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My Review:
I have to admit that this plot pulled me in. I was curious to read about The Saint, and The Unborn. However what I got was a twisted take on St. Nicholas. This is not the story I remember. With that being said, and when I pushed what I knew out of my head as I read, then I got a pretty good book. It was told to the reader like I was there hearing from the heathen himself. I did think that the book jumped around a lot and was finding myself rereading parts. All in all I would read a sequel to find out how the legend got turned into what it is today. I am giving this book a 3/5. I was given a copy to review, however all opinions are my own.
My Review:
I have to admit that this plot pulled me in. I was curious to read about The Saint, and The Unborn. However what I got was a twisted take on St. Nicholas. This is not the story I remember. With that being said, and when I pushed what I knew out of my head as I read, then I got a pretty good book. It was told to the reader like I was there hearing from the heathen himself. I did think that the book jumped around a lot and was finding myself rereading parts. All in all I would read a sequel to find out how the legend got turned into what it is today. I am giving this book a 3/5. I was given a copy to review, however all opinions are my own.
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