Alone,
Caleath rides south to kill the Tarack queen in her dormant colony, and thus,
ensure the safety of the people. His ‘kill or be killed’ mission is not
altruistic. Although he justifies his motive, saving the people, gaining his
own freedom and acceptance, deep within his soul he battles a yearning for
Tarack stim crystal. However, a small child's plea for help dissolves Caleath's
simple plan.
His
new quest takes him on a desperate path traversed by bandits, dragons, bloody
battles, danger, and death. No longer is Caleath alone.
Meanwhile
Nasith travels south with Lachlan, Gwilt, and a band of soldiers prepared for
the battle with the Tarack. As they travel, Gwilt voices his concern about the
malevolence surrounding a newcomer to the group. Convinced his doubts have
fallen on deaf ears, he remains alert and wary. His attitude leads to a
confrontation from which neither he nor Nasith emerge unscathed.
Winter
allows the people of Allorn time to prepare, while other nefarious schemes rise
to destroy them.
Winter’s Curse picks up where Autumn’s Peril left off.
Like The Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Caleath reads as
though Ms. Skinner wrote the whole story as one long book. Yet, each volume can stand on its own. There is enough exposition and back-story in
each book so a person can catch up on what went before without bogging down the
action of the current story. That is a
sign of masterful storytelling.
In
addition to the cast of characters we met in Book One, new people appear in
Winter’s Curse to join the fray, or to detour Caleath, Gwilt and Nasith from
their quest. They prepare for the battle
against the Tarak, but they also encounter new challenges and face a few other
battles along the way, while we explore more of the incredible world Ms.
Skinner has created for us. Series
writing is not easy. The second book is
not always as good as the first. In this
case, it is. I look forward to reading
the next installment, and I encourage you to join me.
Length:
202 Pages
Price:
$5.95
Buy Link:
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In the past if you clicked on the cover art in the
right column, a link took you to the book’s buy page. In 2013, I plan to change the links so they
take you to the book’s review on this site.
The buy links are always included in my reviews. That way, if you’ve missed one and the cover
looks intriguing, you can see what I said about it and still follow the buy
link in the review. Thanks for
visiting. RIW.
NOTE
UPCOMING BLOG FORMATTING CHANGE:
You’ll
notice I always include the publisher’s buy link. That’s because authors usually receive 40% of
the book price from the publisher.
Editors and cover artists usually receive about 5%. When you buy a book from Amazon, Barnes &
Noble or another third-party vendor, they take a hefty cut and the author,
editors and cover artists receive their cuts from what is left. So, if a book costs $5.99 at E-Book
Publisher.com and you buy from there, the author will receive about $2.40. If you buy the book at Amazon, the author
will receive about $0.83.
Downloading
the file from your computer to your Kindle is as easy as transferring any file
from your computer to a USB flash drive.
Plug the USB end of your chord into a USB port on your computer and
simply move the file from your “Downloads” box to your Kindle/Documents/Books
directory. I actually download my books
using “Save As” to a “Books” file I created on my computer that’s sorted by my
publisher, friends, and books “to review,” and then transfer them to my Kindle
from there. That way, if there’s a
glitch with my Kindle, the books are on my computer. Your author will be happy you did when he/she
sees his/her royalty statement.
