- Hardcover: 339 pages
- Publisher: Five Star (ME); 1 edition (July 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1594144451
- ISBN-13: 978-1594144455
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 15 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 522 g
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From Publishers Weekly
At the start of this workmanlike fantasy from horror writer Waggoner (Pandora Drive), everyone in the country of Athymar suddenly falls asleep. On awakening, most people have gained a minor magical ability (e.g., one man can change his eye color). "The Change" has a more significant effect on others, including Tarian Ambrus, a former soldier. Tarian is now a healer, but he can no longer hold a weapon. Tarian's wife, Lowri, suffers an even more unpleasant change. For Lowri's sake, Tarian and his son, Phelan, join a quest to find the source of the magic and a way to stop it. The group, which grows to include a royal wizard, a priestess-adviser to the queen of Athymar and an Eyslk (an elf type), trots along its merry way as if its members were heading for a picnic in the park. Hopefully, the action will ramp up in the second book. (July)
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4.5 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Entertaining, Dec 26 2007
By Nina Matthews - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Godfire: The Orchard of Dreams, Book 1 (Hardcover)
I picked this book up cause it has a cool cover and the first few pages kept me intrigued. The book is very strange in its overall story line, but at the same time, its rather derived. I enjoyed it nonetheless, its no great work or fiction but it was a fairly fun read.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
fantastic quest fantasy, July 21 2006
By Harriet Klausner - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Godfire: The Orchard of Dreams, Book 1 (Hardcover)
When the Change happens, every man, woman, and child possesses one magical power and some are transformed into other creatures. The people of Athymar don't know what caused the Change but Tarian is determined to find a way to reverse the effects of it on his wife Lowri who was transformed into a flying demon like creature. He and his son Phelan travel to the city of Pendara in the hopes of finding a wizard who can transform Lowri back into the woman he loves instead of the creature who hates him.
In Pendara, Tarian applies his newfound healing powers to the injuries of the dying queen. He, Phelan, and warrior woman Danya of the city watch are invited into the castle by the wizard Cyn. There they meet with the priestess Saeth who was attending the queen and the Esylken warrior Ashur Dal. The Esylken wants Tarian to come to his village in Greenmark Forest to meet with the Timeless Ones, the spirits of the Esylken dead. They asked Ashur specifically to bring him and the queen wants the entire group to go to Hearts Wound to find out what happened in the last battle between Light and Darkness. On their way to the Esylken village, they make a brief detour to a city besieged by demons to kill them and close the rip between the realms. When they finally reach Vallanora, Tarian meets with the Timeless Ones who send his group on a quest in which he is to play a major role in the world's salvation or destruction.
GODFIRE BOOK 1: THE ORCHARD OF DREAMS is a fantastic quest fantasy filled with lots of action and magical battles. The group embarking on the quest consists of fully developed characters with distinct personalities. Readers will like all of them for different reasons but the focal point of Tim Waggoner's terrific fantasy is Tarian who through no fault of his own is granted a great power and an even greater responsibility.
Harriet Klausner
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