Description
***** Recipient of three 5-star reviews by Readers' Favorite *****
From berserkers to magi, from monsters to alternate existences, Nexus Moons has something for everyone who enjoys a good fantasy read. Its gripping third-person narrative will keep the reader engaged and invested, and the growth and development of characters will not leave them wanting. Action, mystery, looming threat, and danger drive the plot forward as kinship is forged and rekindled in unexpected ways.
The story is chock full of rich characters. Protagonist Magus Jarek Verity is a sorcerer of the Royal Court off in search of a newly discovered nephew. Gresham Smithy, that nephew, is a soldier in training possessing a rare magical gift he's not even aware of. The aristocratic Rayna Kent, his romantic interest, is estranged from her High Lord father for reasons she cannot fathom. Hagley is a bumbling but versatile magus-in-training who befriends the two of them, as does Sully, his young sidekick and local waif. Villains abound too, as do the uncounted creatures that constantly threaten the adventurer's survival.
The group's prime objective is to rescue Headmaster Lavan, Jarek's longtime friend, from the powerful fiend Zakarah, who's spirited the poor scholar off to who knows where. Their dangerous quest takes them into the wilds of Graal in search of a lost city of legend. Their adventure pushes each trouper beyond the limits any of them could ever imagine themselves enduring.
Although saving Lavan is their quest, the story is about the coming of age of this assorted group of misfits as each struggles to find his or her place in a world that has thus far paid them little or no heed.