FROSTBORN: THE SHADOW PRISON now available!
I am pleased to report that FROSTBORN: THE SHADOW PRISON is now available at Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon Germany, Amazon Canada, Amazon Australia, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, iBooks, Google Play, and Smashwords.
Ridmark Arban is ready to face the terrible Frostborn in a final battle.
But even the mighty Frostborn themselves have been duped, for the shadow of Incariel has used them as its weapons.
Unless Ridmark can defeat the Shadowbearer, the shadow of Incariel shall rise and devour the world for all time…
Something tells me my productivity at work today is going to suck. You sure turned this one around quick.
Thanks! It sure didn’t feel quick, though! 🙂 This one took about three weeks longer than it usually does for me to write a book.
Well done, sir! An excellent end to the series. Typos were few and far between.
Just one nit to offer: is Dagma’s hair blonde (The World Gate) or brown?
Thanks again for the story!
Thanks!
Dagma – oops. Let’s say it turned blond from all the marching in the sun she had to do with the Anathgrimm. 🙂
Finished the book at lunch today. Was a really good read. Enjoyed it greatly. Look forward to reading more of your work.
Thanks! I’m glad you liked it. More to come soon!
I enjoyed it, but I was wincing when Tarrabus was kept alive and not executed. Frankly, in any feudal society since the *dawn* of time, competitors to the throne are VERY quickly executed after a civil war is won. Keeping them alive for ‘historical records’ is just begging for trouble. And King Arandar who has a heap load of trouble should have in no way kept Tarrabus alive. Even if he was feeling magnanimous and wished to hold an extensive trial, the very moment he was informed that the Shadowbearer’s objective was the Well, he should have immediately sent the SwordBearers to execute Tarrabus. Extremely terrible judgement there that almost cost everything. Ridmark should have advised the King here to not be foolish. I don’t blame Calliande since she is a healer. Frankly, this plot point was not truly believable.
There are precedents. Edward IV kept Henry VI a captive in the Tower of London for five years, from 1465 to 1470. Henry IV kept Richard II a prisoner for six months before (presumably) having him starved to death in 1399. Queen Isabella and Roger Mortimer overthrew Edward II and kept him imprisoned for nearly a year before (presumably) arranging for him to die of “natural” causes in 1327.
I am not complaining that much. I bought and enjoyed the book after all – just that I found this one plot point unbelievable.
No doubt there are some precedents in English history. However, Henry VI, as far as I remember was mentally ill and not fit for ruling. There was little danger in keeping him in prison and gaining a few kingly points. Tarrabus is a mighty opponent who is fully capable of killing sword bearers and single-handedly destroying military units. Keeping an Enlightened alive in a place that you *know* will be the target of the Shadowbearer’s attack is extreme stupidity. And Arrandar is not stupid. Even if Arrandar made the decision earlier, he should have changed his mind once he knew Imaria’s target. It is obvious to anyone that Imaria would have freed Arrandar if she needed to do so. As soon as Arrandar said he was keeping Tarrabus alive in Tarlion in the last book, I immediately knew that he was just being kept alive so that Imaria could free him. Ridmark should have heavily objected and asked the King if he could choose someone else to fight Tarrabus when he got free. 🙂
However, please don’t take this as any sort of extreme criticism. I enjoy your books!
One of the fun things about writing FROSTBORN: EXCALIBUR was that both Arandar and Tarrabus made the best decisions possible based on the available information, but the decisions turned out to be bad ones, since they didn’t have all the information.