For only £2.39 on Kindle at the moment in the UK, you can get all 4 of the Man of His Word fantasy books.
Nearly 1,800 pages of escapism which enthralled me greatly the first time I read it. I've been back a handful of times, too.
It's light (but moving), entertaining YA fantasy. The good guys are good, the bad guys are bad, and there's not a lot of grey area. It is a bit heavy on the traditional gender roles, Inos is a princess but she's not helplessly waiting to be rescued, and while Rap is the strong commoner, he's not always right, or always doing the rescuing. They're genuine (if young and not overly complex) people.
It's clever, diversionary fantasy with a rich magic system. The sequel is just as good too, which is rare.
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in reply to Sean Randall • • •Alternatively, for a similarly low price, you can get the series that got me into Dave's writing in the first place.
The "world of the Goddess" as they call it in the book, or the seventh sword series, as it's known, is a typical portal fantasy (although I didn't really know the term when it was written).
the protagonist, Wallie Smith, a man from our world, finds his consciousness transferred into the body of a barbarian swordsman in a completely different world.
In the classic "fish out of water" narrative, he must navigate the rules, customs, and dangers of the new world. Wallie Smith's journey epitomizes this, as the mild-mannered earthling is suddenly thrust into a society governed by a goddess and a rigid code of swordsmanship.
The twist is great, too. It's one of those utterly fantastic revelations that you had all the material to work out for yourself, so perhaps you will.
The 4th book was written years after the first 3 and is as much an homage to the fans as another story, so if you're going in fresh, enjoy the trilogy as a unit first.
My omnibus copy omited the preface when I bought it, so be wary of that. I did report it to the publisher, so hopefully they fixed it.
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The Seventh Sword: The Complete Series eBook : Duncan, Dave: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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in reply to Sean Randall • • •What I want isn't on Kobo (because Kindle is easy to publish on, so that's where independent authors publish.)
It may or may not be in pirate sources, but there are two different editions with noticable differences, and I specifically want one of them.
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in reply to Sean Randall • • •Oh, I can (and did) check there, probably on most of the sites that are actually worth checking.
Pirates are just notoriously lousy with metadata, and for this particular book, there's no edition present.
It's from late last year, so I think the new DRM scheme would be in effect for that one.