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(3.83) | None | 50,000 years from now...An ancient past shrouded in mystery and legend.A people different than all the creator's children.A secret society with fantastic magical powers.A city overthrown by a merciless warlord.A young man in search of his destiny.The Master Healer invites Aeden Rossam, a young nobleman, to join the Society of Healers and undertake a quest to liberate his enslaved city. With the enemy on their tail, the old man reveals that all of humanity are Rohvim--beings of metal, flesh, and fantastic powers, and that only by mastering his rohva nature will Aeden confront the warlord and put an end to the senseless devastation.And along the way, they will unlock the secrets of Earth's ancient past...… (more) |
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For Jenny, who taught me editing, and for Lucy and Calvin, who put up with Dad's new hobby but it meant they got to watch more cartoons, so who's complaining? No one, that's who. | |
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Aeden Rossam: 17, son of a nobleman, expert swordsman, spoiled, let's face it: he's a punk.
Betha Solvinstra: 18, common shopkeeper's daughter, rising star in the Society of Healers. Oh, and she hates the nobility.
After the sword tournament in the city of Elbeth, the master healer--leader of the secretive Society of Healers--invites Aeden to join him, and shares the Society's great secret: that all mankind are Rohvim--beings of metal, flesh, and fantastic powers that the uninitiated see as magic. After Aeden sees his beloved city overrun by a mysterious northern warlord's army, he and Betha are chosen to find and stop the warlord before the entire kingdom falls to ruin. To succeed, Aeden must master his Rohva nature, and with Betha's reluctant help claim the powers that only a Rohva with a true knowledge of himself can wield.
And along the way, they will begin to unlock the secrets of Earth's troubled past.... | |
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The change in characters put me off a little, where people seemed to change before your eyes in a way that didn't quite seem true to who they were. You often see characters in books lured away from good with the temptation of power, but I'm not certain that a boy would turn on his friend as easily as one of the characters did in this story, even if one is noble and one is not. I wasn't certain that I understood the idea of why it should be kept that way either, even after reading part of the section written between the ghost writer and character in charge, where it mentions that this is the way it must be.
I enjoyed Metal and Flesh and if I were given the rest of the series in exchange for a review, I would certainly continue with the series, as I am very curious as to where the culture will go.
Note: Though this book was a free gift from the author, the content of my review was in no way influenced by the gifting. The book speaks for itself and my review would have been worded just this way even if I'd gone out and bought it. I also give bonus points for Text To Speech enabling on Kindle format.... but that also wasn't a factor in the above review. ( )