Godforsaken
by Steven Shrewsbury
Steven Shrewsbury has written a book that will pique the interest of even the most hard-edged
against fantasy writers ever. I generally do not like high-brutality, epic stories about
those things that engender fear in the hearts of normal man. However, I thoroughly enjoyed
this book. Steven has gone to a lot of in-depth research and study to make his characters
and the circumstances real and able to be seen and felt and more importantly, revered with
an understanding that these things may actually have happened in the history of man in
the ages long past our presently known civilization. The writing is very well done, the
characters are solid and the historical value is well researched.
Godforsaken starts with a war and a goddess, Fey, coming in to save Lucan Mac Aliester,
a strikingly handsome human Druid warrior. Fey is a Goddess in every way, complete with
the body, the hair that would drive a man to madness. This war is brutal, fiery and untamed
in modern senses. There are pagan Gods and Goddesses, rituals that visit places where the
soul is barely in existence. The Druids are fighting for their future as a country and
their lives against a bitter, hard, well-trained enemy from the very young, impatient,
edgy dynasty of Rome that is trying to dominate the world. You have to read the story
to find out what happens to Lucan and to Fey, as well as to the Druids as a race that
gave no quarter. A very interesting interpretation of how history really was.
Shrewsbury is a very up and coming young writer that will have a fantastic future ahead
of him in every respect. One day I will look back and say to others in passing conversations
"I reviewed one of his first books, and it was a privilege to do it." He has written many
short stories, articles and shockingly, poems. His name will soon start flying off the
tongue whenever a person who loves the fantasy world starts talking about books they have
read lately. Soon, he will be getting the respect of many better-known writers of the
genre with his upcoming new stories. He is a very prolific young man, who will go far
in whatever sort of genre he chooses, and he has already ably demonstrated that talent. |
The Book |
Behler Publications |
August 2005 |
SoftCover Paperback |
1-933016-10-8 |
Fantasy |
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Excerpt |
NOTE: Older Teen, Adult. This is a brutal fantasy book, with
much killing, gore, paganism and ways of life filled with horrible
realism that may be stunning and hard for the normal reader;
however, that is not to say the book should not be read, just
be warned that you will be in deep over your normal senses. |
The Reviewer |
Claudia Turner VanLydegraf |
Reviewed 2005 |
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