![]() ![]() Gloria knows the genre and plays up the expectations that come with it, only to deftly pick them apart piece by piece with an eye to both environmental and social-justice concerns. We think we're in the idyllic, morally black-and-white setting of most lesser forays into the fantasy genre, especially with anthropomorphic rodents as the species of choice for our orphan coming-of-age hero, Tamytch, and his friends. ![]() Gloria leads us with ease into a seemingly familiar fictional world that recalls the Redwall series but hides secrets worthy of a good Ken Follett novel. Thanks to a bitingly accurate grasp of social myth-making both in the conventions of the genre and in the real world, Pennsylvania-based first-time author S.D. It's not often that a book in the young-adult fantasy genre comes around with a legitimate claim to originality. But events occur which send Tamyth down a very different path than he expected as he realizes that nothing is so simple as it once seemed. ![]() He proves himself worthy in combat, and his ambitions are realized. When his cozy farming community is raided on midsummer's night, he gets his chance to do just that, joining the rescue mission to free the captives. ![]() Tamyth burns with an intense desire to avenge the deaths of his parents and brother. A fantasy novel which departs the conventions of the genre in an unexpected way. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |