Stephen Moore (5)

This vaguely belongs in fantasy, though much of what happens that's fantastical could almost be dismissed as wishful thinking.

Rogrig Wishard belongs to a tribe who are continuously fighting and raiding with their neighbours, divided within but united if someone else attacks them. Rogrig is a man of this world until he discovers that he has faerie blood and once he realises that he starts noticing others like him, from different tribes and groups, together they might be able to save show more faerie.

Overall it reads like the author is using names like Troll etc to make it sound like these were names that later eras added magic. Look at the poor primitive people explain natural stuff and laugh, which does rankle a bit. I prefer where authors accept the worldview of people and move on. Then suddenly magic works but it's not a good flow and I didn't really get the people involved, they were more sketches than fully people. I'm not sure that the author was sure if he was writing fantasy or straight historical.

Readable, it kept me going but fairly forgetable. show less