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SOUL OF THE WORLD releases June 27th 2017 - Soul of the World (The Ascension Cycle): David Mealing: 9780316552332: Amazon.com: Books
Three lines of magic must be conquered and three heroes must rise in the first book of this epic fantasy trilogy for fans of Mistborn and The Name of the Wind!
It is a time of revolution. In the cities, food shortages stir citizens to riots against the crown. In the wilds, new magic threatens the dominance of the tribes. and on the battlefields, even the most brilliant commanders struggle in the shadow of total war. Three lines of magic must be mastered in order to usher in a new age, and three heroes must emerge.
Sarine is an artist on the streets of New Sarresant whose secret familiar helps her uncover bloodlust and madness where she expected only revolutionary fervor.
Arak'Jur wields the power of beasts to keep his people safe, but his strength cannot protect them from war amongst themselves.
Erris is a brilliant cavalry officer trying to defend New Sarresant from an enemy general armed with magic she barely understands.
Each must learn the secrets of their power in time to guide their people through ruin. But a greater evil may be trying to stop them.
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Some of you might know from the grown up forum that my husband has been working on a novel for close to a year now. He's reaching the final stages and is looking for a few beta readers before submitting to agents. I thought I'd help him out by looking for volunteers since most of us here are great examples of his target audience.
What we're looking for are people that can commit to reading and giving feedback on a 220,000 word epic fantasy novel each week over the next month, people that are familiar with and enjoy the genre and people that are comfortable giving detailed feedback.
The novel is a gunpowder-era epic fantasy story with three POV characters: an artist, a cavalry officer, and a tribal warrior. It deals with enlightenment philosophy ideas - freedom, equality, etc used to justify a bloody revolution, with a meta-plot of "ancient evil pulling the strings" while the heroes try to piece together what's really going on.
It's divided into four parts, with about 200-240 pages per part. Each week, I'll send one part and a list of the sort of feedback he is looking for. I can deliver it as a pdf or whatever format works best. Feedback should be honest, both positive and negative. You'll answer questions like:
He is not looking for copyediting or mechanical/grammatical problems unless they are significant enough to inhibit understanding of a scene or a character arc (this stuff is too time-consuming and *hopefully* will be caught in the final polishing steps during rewrites after beta feedback).
If you're interested and have the time to spare, please send me a PM.
Thanks a bunch!
Three lines of magic must be conquered and three heroes must rise in the first book of this epic fantasy trilogy for fans of Mistborn and The Name of the Wind!
It is a time of revolution. In the cities, food shortages stir citizens to riots against the crown. In the wilds, new magic threatens the dominance of the tribes. and on the battlefields, even the most brilliant commanders struggle in the shadow of total war. Three lines of magic must be mastered in order to usher in a new age, and three heroes must emerge.
Sarine is an artist on the streets of New Sarresant whose secret familiar helps her uncover bloodlust and madness where she expected only revolutionary fervor.
Arak'Jur wields the power of beasts to keep his people safe, but his strength cannot protect them from war amongst themselves.
Erris is a brilliant cavalry officer trying to defend New Sarresant from an enemy general armed with magic she barely understands.
Each must learn the secrets of their power in time to guide their people through ruin. But a greater evil may be trying to stop them.
___
Some of you might know from the grown up forum that my husband has been working on a novel for close to a year now. He's reaching the final stages and is looking for a few beta readers before submitting to agents. I thought I'd help him out by looking for volunteers since most of us here are great examples of his target audience.
What we're looking for are people that can commit to reading and giving feedback on a 220,000 word epic fantasy novel each week over the next month, people that are familiar with and enjoy the genre and people that are comfortable giving detailed feedback.
The novel is a gunpowder-era epic fantasy story with three POV characters: an artist, a cavalry officer, and a tribal warrior. It deals with enlightenment philosophy ideas - freedom, equality, etc used to justify a bloody revolution, with a meta-plot of "ancient evil pulling the strings" while the heroes try to piece together what's really going on.
It's divided into four parts, with about 200-240 pages per part. Each week, I'll send one part and a list of the sort of feedback he is looking for. I can deliver it as a pdf or whatever format works best. Feedback should be honest, both positive and negative. You'll answer questions like:
- In general, what do you think is working?
- In general, what do you think isn't working?
- Which characters do you find strong? (& why?)
- Which characters do you find weak? (& why?)
- Are there any scenes you think are particularly well-written, engaging, or contributing to the story?
- Are there any scenes you think are poorly written, difficult to connect with, or detracting from/unnecessary to the story?
- What do you think of the world?
- What do you think of the magic/fantasy conceits?
He is not looking for copyediting or mechanical/grammatical problems unless they are significant enough to inhibit understanding of a scene or a character arc (this stuff is too time-consuming and *hopefully* will be caught in the final polishing steps during rewrites after beta feedback).
If you're interested and have the time to spare, please send me a PM.
Thanks a bunch!
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