After finding the body of a dragon in a metallic desert, Red finds out that he is the reincarnation of a messiah worshipped by an insectoid alien race bent on invading his star system. Swept into a dangerous adventure across glacial swamps, cloud cities, and dead stars – Red must evade his true purpose in the world, to summon a forsaken deity trapped in another realm.
Travel into a world unlike any other, a world teeming with creatures the size of planets, parasites that can lay waste to entire civilizations, and mysterious energy sources that can decay the life force of stars. What starts as only a whisper in the darkness grows into a tale of epic proportions.
Fantastic Fantasy A creative story, somewhere between Ender’s Game, the Hunger Games, and Dune in style and plot elements. It is one of the best combinations of quality writing and engaging plot that I have come across in new books in quite some time. (Of note, I find reviewer Jo Sparkes’ review to be a better representation of the plot than the Amazon description.) I also very much enjoyed his comments in the back, particularly his rationale for NOT having a glossary. He has published what appears to be a…
I re-read a lot of my favorite books, and I know Phantasia will be added … I re-read a lot of my favorite books, and I know Phantasia will be added to my rotating list alongside Ender’s Game, Dune, LOTR, Harry Potter, Name of the Wind, etc. If you like any of those books, you should certainly give Phantasia a read.Â
Fantastic I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the book. I don’t read a lot of fantasy or sci fi novels, so this was kind of a new territory for me, but I thought the plot, characters, and writing were all brilliantly executed. In the first chapter, we are introduced to Red, a student at Crest, and a creature called a Xenosite. I’m not going to go into too much detail (you have to read it yourself!), but the author’s mastery of description and his imagination got me hooked right from the start–that can…