A Beginning (The Tower and The Eye) starts out as a pretty standard Dungeons and
Dragons romp. You have your basic characters (Human, Dwarf, Cleric, Theif, Elf)
and all the cross race banter you would expect. You have a dungeon to explore
(loaded with traps, threats etc) and you have an Ancient Enemy.
When you
put all these elements together you could have a run-of-the-mill story but
thanks to the authors love of, and experience with all things d+d, what you get
is a short story with a lot of promise for the series it is setting
up.
There are twists and turns to the story that I didn't expect and an
ending that left me stunned, in so much as I never saw THAT coming.
A
grand start to what promises to be a classic fantasy series for years to come
I am so glad that you enjoyed the story - I hope you'll stick with me because this is a story that is going to evolve a wee bit!
ReplyDeleteOh, I most certainly will. That ending opened up a whole world I'm looking forward to visiting again
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