Terence Munsey Books

I'm a little tired of reading wonderful reviews of self-published books--like this one. Mr. Munsey calls himself a best selling author. Where that came from, I don't knmow. Perhaps in his family he's a best selling author. It is, unfortunately, the consummate example of telling and not showing, of locomotive writing and head hopping I've ever seen. Mr. Munsey, I'm afraid, doesn't have a clue about how to create and build character, and he knows even less about punctuation. Mr. Munsey, my advice is this--take a workshop, or maybe twelve, and try again. I teach writing the novel--because I've been paid for my novels--and this book has become a how not to. Thanks.

I really enjoyed this book. The characters were interesting, the plot gripping, and most of all, it was a pure delight to read. I couldn't put it down. Magic, conflict, the never ending struggle between good and evil... very "Tolkenesque." I highly recomend it to any fantacy fan. I hope they make it into a movie!

I happened to run into this book by accident. I was stopped by the author who was selling his books at a little stand in front of Coles in a little mall near my house. He convinced me to purchase his book and told me if I liked Tolkien's Hobit (and I did) then I would like his book. So I bought it and he autographed it for me and I took it home and read it. It really was a wonderful example of a magical Tolkienistic fantasy set in a far off world. It's your classic Guy Gavriel Kay (another excellent Canadian fantasy author) type story of an evil that's supressed for so long and then suddenly unleashed for a new generation of heros to fight. The best part about this book was that it wasn't too long.

This book is more of a thriller than a mystery. I'm not a big fan of
thrillers, which is why I gave it a "2". There is very
little mystery. There is a lot of action, and this book might appeal
to fans of action-thrillers.

Characters in the book seemed a bit
shallow, but perhaps as you read other books in this series, you can
get to know the main characters better. Where this book lacks in
character development, it makes up in descriptions of Toronto
locations. With the detailed descriptions, you'll feel like you've
visited the same locations as the characters.