Eyes Last Seen Dying
by Colin Adams
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Pub Date Mar 06 2021 | Archive Date May 22 2021
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Description
For five hundred years the Marches have protected the world from the Nithrain, the wickedness haunting the fringes of old tales. The Marches are believed impregnable until a gifted young swordswoman, Lena, is deceived by her sensei into stealing one of the six stones that hold back the Nithrain.
Hunted by every side, either to reforge the stone or to prevent its return, to save herself Lena must first become the hero worthy of redemption.
Eyes Last Seen Dying is an Epic Fantasy of the highest order. Prepare to be transported into the richly detailed world of Ithander, a land brimming with wondrous creatures, magic, and martial arts.
Advance Praise
"This is one of those books that I read and felt like I just woke up from an enchanting dream. The action is aplenty; the characters well-developed, and the conflict built to move the story forward through every page. This book contains the complexity that anyone will adore in a plot; it is what fantasy is for — transporting the reader to a world that is strange yet exciting. The sweeping and picturesque imagery the author conjures left me fascinated, and there is a level of emotional and mythical sophistication within this epic fantasy that sets it apart. Eyes Last Seen Dying is just gorgeous and enjoyable." - Readers' Favorite 5 Star Review
Available Editions
| ISBN | 9780645129519 |
| PRICE | $4.99 (USD) |
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Featured Reviews
Kirsty H, Reviewer
This was a fun read and I thoroughly enjoyed Lena’s development throughout the story and felt that even though some aspects were tropey, they were well done and allowed me to really enjoy the writing and character dynamics.
Well written and the plot and pace was fun.
4 stars
Stephanie C, Reviewer
A pretty typical high/epic fantasy start up, which i struggled to get into for the first 15% due to the many recycled tropes we've seen before, but then the book moves away from these and carves out something of its own.
The world building was good and though people tend to have an issue with telling the reader rather than showing the reader, I like stories around a camp fire. I think if you have a group of people, from different places, around a campfire in an evening, I do think sharing tales of their journeys is how you would pass a meal together. So I enjoyed the way the lore was laid out like that.
However, there is a lot of repetition within this book and I don't know if that is on purpose but the two main female characters go through the same development cycle and I'm not sure that adds anything. You could argue its a way for the author to explore how how two different people deal with mistakes they have made, either with the impact of the region or their possible love interests, but it wasn't varied enough to feel like they were within 2 different arcs.
The male characters felt like different people which when you have a group together tend to sound the same but I enjoyed each of them. I didn't like some characters that I think I was supposed to like but they can't all click with you.
Overall really enjoyed it. The author isn't redefining the genre, but I liked my evenings spent in his mind and will read something else by him.
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