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The Chronicles of Baltrath - The Dark Wizards
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Published: Jan. 20, 2010
Words: 167560 (approximate)
Language: English
Description
Ten thousand years ago the Dark Wizards defeated Rava Zool, the Great Dragon. With time the wizards became divided in their primary purpose of keeping Rava Zool incarcerated for all eternity. Now, in order to prevent his emancipation, the few faithful Dark Wizards must unite their forces with Baltrath’s most unlikely populace; including the brooding Kithian warrior known as the Son of Zemth.Tags
fantasy, magic, sword and sorcery, dragon, wizard, chronicles, magic sword, dark wizard, baltrathAvailable ebook reading formats
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Review by:
Lazlo Ferran
on Nov. 22, 2010 :
(no rating)
With the following sentence from the creation myth of the God Kith, 'It was ages ago, that the first of the great warriors dared to crawl forth from the mire of fear, and spat defiantly into the face of death', we are launched headfirst into the violently beautiful world of Baltrath. This is not Gary Kuyper's first novel but it is like an egg that emerges fully-formed and with the promise of many secret things within. First in a series(?) Baltrath creates for us a world which has faint echoes of both Tolkien and Norman (Gor) although the acute and unique sense of pace and ironic humour are entirely its own and grip one from the start. Groad, son of a famous warrior is looking for his own entré into the world of Warrior Immortality in the empire of Kith and soon meets up with Turpane, a waif-ette with a keen sense of her own destiny and a challenging, feisty wit. Together they launch a mission to wrestle a power-weapon from the keep of the Dark Wizard, Maggoth. The friendship is loaded with a totally believable friendship/sexual frisson, glazed with wry humour: I soon found myself warmed wholeheartedly to both their characters and the mission that opens this beautiful novel.
The author, although having a sharp vision of the world's geography and physical presence, seems most interested in culture and explores in depth the foundation of a culture he has imagined but which has verisimilitude I found hard to resist. A World where women's beauty is judged on the size of their eye-teeth? Oh yes. I am sure there will be many surprises and challenging contrasts with our own culture along the way for the reader of this excellent novel.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)