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Legend of the Storm Hawks

By: L.H. Leonard
Narrated by: Jorge Gonzalez Peña
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Summary

A master player convinces the pawn the move is its own. Nigel has been at the game longer than most, but lately kings, queens, and bishops keep turning into rogue knights. It’s damned inconvenient of them, considering the world is about to end again.

Brynmohr is King of the Firstborn, and Twelvestones is the last bastion of a once-mighty nene dynasty. As the first people to walk the earth, Firstborn consider dominion over mankind their birthright. Half-breeds between their kinds had always been sterile, but the daughters born of Brynmohr’s irrational affection for a woman are shifting the patterns. He must face the unthinkable choice of turning his daughters into rootstock for the sake of Firstborn survival.

Sethlyan and Isobel are unware they’re expendable pawns in an increasingly complex game.

Sethlyan is the second son of the Second of Aleron. He’s grown tired of hearing he and his friends are the prophesied Storm Hawks, returned to free Rhynn from centuries of oppression. Seth knows better. So do the voices whispering inside his head.

Isobel survived the Beast of Monaughty. Her father is dead, but his brutality haunts her. When her brother, the Rhi’Iverach, forges an alliance with the Hawks of Aleron, Isobel dutifully marries a stranger named Sethlyan. Her trust is hard to earn. His is hard to give. A deadly attack leaves them with a telepathic bond neither wants, and awakens mindgifts they struggle to accept. When rebellion brings them to the precipice of war, they must choose between hiding their secrets or using their mindgifts, fighting their oppressors or sacrificing freedom for peace.

Legend of the Storm Hawks is the prelude to the Rootstock Saga. Set on a future Earth where our history echoes from the shadows, the tale is filled with political intrigue, inner demons, swords, and magic.

©2018 Marian Elizabeth Leonard (P)2020 Marian Elizabeth Leonard
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"Caught in endless cycles."

Although set many millenia in the futue, this novel and first of series is peopled with old fashioned clans, 'dirty cheeks and homespun clothes', the transport is 'wagons and horses', and the weapons arrows, sticks and swords. Yes, fantasy environment at its passionate princesses and heads of family best, with power plays, magic and - no, I don't recall any actual elves, but I could be wrong: I sort of phased out at times. There is a dragon tucked in there, though. A dragon! Wish I'd realized before I started. I really don't like dragons (apart from those on Terry Pratchet's Discworld). Even the language vasilates between current usage and the 'to say nought of the lizards' terminology. Hoeever, there are admittedly, some delicious lines in there, as in the description of bounty hunters: "Rough men as hard as flint, but not as sharp."

Narration was by Jorge Conzalez Paria, who had a massive task given how many individual protagonists appeared, sometimes briefly, only to return far in the future. Not surprisingly, then, it wasn't always clear who was speaking, but most of the main characters were given distinctive voices. His reading speed was also a little slow: increasing playback to 1.25 helped but did slightly distort the quality. Overall, not a bad performance.

My apologies to the rights holder who, at my request freely gifted me with a complimentary copy of Legend of the Storm Hawks, via ABB. And my thanks to you for your generosity. I was fooled by the clever chess references in the synopsis to expect something different i really am not a fantasy fan usually, although occasionally one will stand out and stun me with its brilliance. This is not one such, more a soap opera of pregnancies and power play, with men taking centre stage with their brawling and plotting and, occasionally, actual loving. I'm sure it will appeal to many but, sadly, not this reader.

Beautiful cover, though.

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