Published: Feb. 23, 2012
Words: 179,933 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781466159631

Short description

Reniko Dorsalin has spent twelve years studying the Blade, an art form rediscovered after the outlawing of guns on Earth. Her uncanny ability with the sword soon serves a greater purpose when she is thrust to another world through a wormhole. Trapped on Vespen, a planet ruled by the oppressive Rük, her only thoughts are of getting home.

Extended description

Reniko Dorsalin has spent twelve years studying the Blade, an art form rediscovered after the outlawing of guns on Earth. Her uncanny ability with the sword soon serves a greater purpose when she is thrust to another world through a wormhole. Trapped on Vespen, a planet ruled by the oppressive Rük, her only thoughts are of getting home. With help from Malik, a member of the human resistance, and Orric, his dragon companion, Reniko soon realizes that her presence on Vespen has stirred up a conflict that was a thousand years in the making.

Suddenly Reniko finds herself hunted by the Rük with her only option to search for a city that was destroyed, along with the race that it inhabited, a thousand years ago. It’s not long before Reniko realizes that her search for Earth could be the key to Vespen’s salvation. Torn between going home or freeing Vespen, Reniko finds herself on a search for what is most important to her. With the power to set a world free can she really turn her bac.. (Read more) Reniko Dorsalin has spent twelve years studying the Blade, an art form rediscovered after the outlawing of guns on Earth. Her uncanny ability with the sword soon serves a greater purpose when she is thrust to another world through a wormhole. Trapped on Vespen, a planet ruled by the oppressive Rük, her only thoughts are of getting home. With help from Malik, a member of the human resistance, and Orric, his dragon companion, Reniko soon realizes that her presence on Vespen has stirred up a conflict that was a thousand years in the making.

Suddenly Reniko finds herself hunted by the Rük with her only option to search for a city that was destroyed, along with the race that it inhabited, a thousand years ago. It’s not long before Reniko realizes that her search for Earth could be the key to Vespen’s salvation. Torn between going home or freeing Vespen, Reniko finds herself on a search for what is most important to her. With the power to set a world free can she really turn her back on it?
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Tags

journey, science fiction, aliens, dragons, swords, elves, rebellion, science fantasy, planets, wormholes, opression

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Reviews

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Review by: Ryan Toxopeus on Sep. 17, 2012 : (no rating)
Before reading this review, note I only finished chapter 1.

I wanted to like this story. I enjoyed the relationship and dialogue between the protagonist and her master.

However, there are a LOT of minor errors that distract from the main plot, making it difficult to read. From incorrect words (past vs passed, shuttered vs shuddered), inconsistent tense, poor use of punctuation, and text that needed to be trimmed and cleaned up, this book really needed a professional editor to go through it before it was published.

I am withholding a star rating, as I did not finish the story. If it undergoes significant editing, I would be more than willing to try to read it again.
(reviewed the day of purchase)

Review by: Owen Tobias on May 26, 2012 :
Well done. I'm giving this four stars, but the one I'm holding back is largely for grammatical and stylistic problems. They do tend to take me out of the story. Otherwise, engaging.
(review of free book)

Review by: Mark Oetjens on May 24, 2012 :
This was a well thought out epic novel. It has major spelling and grammatical errors and the punctuation is non-existent. Still, the story was so engrossing that I did finish the book. Ordinarily with so many editing and proofreading problems I would have given up on it after the first chapter. I do have one question for the author. Was it really necessary to mention flying cars? That was the ONLY indication that the novel was set in the future. Based on the major errors mentioned above 'Call of Descent' only gets 3 stars from me.
(review of free book)

Review by: Yenny D. on May 23, 2012 :
Epic. This story is long (297 pages in PDF!) but is written with such richness and it's such a grand and sweeping adventure. Minor spelling and grammar articles that don't distract too much from the story. Highly recommend!
(review of free book)

Review by: Bati Macc on May 03, 2012 :
Wow! A great read that is totally unpredictable from start to finish. Brandi has done a great piece of work that is satisfying. This is a fast paced sci-fi/fantasy thats sprinkled with everything else.. We want more!
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Michael Cannon on March 31, 2012 :
Once started, it was hard to stop reading this smooth rolling adventure. Watching Reniko develop into what she became while staying true to her heart gave hope to those around in this incredible story. Thank you Brandi.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Eugene Shrayman on March 29, 2012 :
Very good written book! I enjoyed reading this adventure, and would like to read more from the author in the near future. For the record, I have no relations/ and I don't personally know the author. I just liked the book and wanted to say good things about the book and the author!!!!
(reviewed the day of purchase)

Review by: jstoc on March 29, 2012 :
This was quite an adventure. Good story. Loved it.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Jen Pierce on March 02, 2012 :
I absolutely loved this book. I started reading it and couldn't stop until it was done! I read it within a day and a half and was left wanting to read more. I hope you come out with another book soon!! : )
(review of free book)

Review by: Diane Lowen on March 02, 2012 :
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. It is an adventure, and has all the elements of a good adventure story. We have a heroine, a love triangle, and dragons and villains. It was hard to put down, and I read it in a few days, something I was trying to avoid. (I try to make my books last for at least a week, to savor them.) The book is well written, and the characters fairly well developed. And, of course, there is a twist at the end. I would recommend this book as good read for anyone looking for a pleasant diversion.
I am looking forward to the sequel.
Great job, Brandi!
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