- Paperback: 300 pages
- Publisher: iUniverse (April 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0595394132
- ISBN-13: 978-0595394135
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 14.5 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 204 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #610,027 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
The 'Fire' a powerful artifact of the god Dmon-Li has fallen into James' hands. A spirit of a former Priest of Morcyth told him he must hide it, for should the followers of Dmon-Li reacquire it, the results would be devastating for this world.
James begins experimenting with magic in order to use it to aid in the hiding of the Fire. Unlocking the secrets behind the crystal he found in the swamp, he learns to harness magical energy to aid him in this endeavor.
His quest for answers eventually draws James and Jiron to the enemy occupied town of Saragon, where they have been told the last High Priest of Morcyth was born. There he hopes to discover a clue as to where the last of Morcyth's priests went after abandoning the High Temple in the City of Light. They make their way through enemy occupied Madoc to Saragon where they begin scouring the city under the very nose of the Empire!
From the Author
Why did I decide to write The Morcyth Saga? I suppose the main reason was due to the many series which were currently popular at the time. Series that in the beginning grabbed hold of me and wouldn't let go, but then over time began to lose momentum in a mire of subplots and overlong descriptive paragraphs which I found myself skipping. When I realized I was skipping pages at a time to pass through a subplot that didn't really move the story along to get to the what I would consider the `good points' (action, adventure, actually seeing the main characters) I figured I could do better.
So I set out to write a series in which the reader followed the main character 90% of the time, action or points of interest were in every chapter, and descriptive content was down to a minimum. As a reader I knew I could create my own visualization of surroundings and figured others could to. I mean, do you really need me to go in depth as to what a teenage boy's room looks like? Doesn't `messy boy's room' bring up an instant visual? Stuff like that is what I mean. Certainly there are those who prefer grand descriptive content and a myriad of plots that takes a notepad to keep track of. To them I would say The Morcyth Saga is not for you.
As to the story itself, I was a role player decades ago in high school. And I got to thinking about how interesting it would be should a gamer be thrust into a world in which his gaming experiences could help him thrive. After all, if you take a person from our world and thrust them into a world of magic, wouldn't it be helpful to select someone who would be more amenable to the prospect of magic? Perhaps one whose very interests were along those lines? That was how James came into being, a high school senior who loves creating and then running his friends through his creation.
The Morcyth Saga and The Broken Key Trilogy are both written along gaming lines. The Morcyth Saga is about a gamer that is thrust into a world of magic while The Broken Key is written in role playing style.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
James gets a break,
This review is from: Trail of the Gods: Book Four of the Morcyth Saga (Paperback)
The first three books were action packed all the way. But here in the fourth, James is allowed a little breathing space. Pratt goes into more of the fundamentals of magic. The first several chapters are at the Ranch which is what James calls the home he has acquired in Trendle. Here he has time to work on figuring out how to harness magic and to better learn to control it. I liked the fact that we got to see him work on spells a bit more. In previous books James has had to stick to several rote spells that he was able to figure out and it's nice to see a bit more variety.The author's writing has greatly improved by this time, maybe he has gotten the help of a better editor. Whatever he's done, the story moves along better. Two parts I especially liked in Trail of the Gods. The first one is when Jiron and James sneak into Saragon to try and discover where the Priests of Morcyth had gone. The other was near the end of the book when they begin climbing the stairs that I believe are depicted on the cover of the book. From that point on things are fast paced until the end. Still a great series and I'm glad I found it.
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4.3 out of 5 stars (9 customer reviews) 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excitement and adventure is awesome!!,
By Diane A. Goins - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Trail of the Gods: Book Four of the Morcyth Saga (Paperback)
Enjoyed Book 4 to its fullest. I've not been so spellbound with a saga.Looking forward to continuing James' new world quest in Book 5. 5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Story continues strong,
By Kevin Davenport - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Trail of the Gods: Book Four of the Morcyth Saga (Paperback)
The first three books were action packed all the way. But here in the fourth, James is allowed a little breathing space. Pratt goes into more of the fundamentals of magic. The first several chapters are at the Ranch which is what James calls the home he has acquired in Trendle. Here he has time to work on figuring out how to harness magic and to better learn to control it. I liked the fact that we got to see him work on spells a bit more. In previous books James has had to stick to several rote spells that he was able to figure out and it's nice to see a bit more variety.The author's writing has greatly improved by this time, maybe he has gotten the help of a better editor. Whatever he's done, the story moves along better. Two parts I especially liked in Trail of the Gods. The first one is when Jiron and James sneak into Saragon to try and discover where the Priests of Morcyth had gone. The other was near the end of the book when they begin climbing the stairs that I believe are depicted on the cover of the book. From that point on things are fast paced until the end. Still a great series and I'm glad I found it. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
So Far So Great!,
By Malinda - Published on Amazon.com
I, like others who have reviewed these so far, got book 1 for free for my kindle app. Upon reaching the "not so end" of the book, I was enthralled to say the least. The small amount of money that I have been saving up to buy an actual Kindle? Slow disappearing in $5.95 increments just so I can get each book, one at a time. Usually I am one of those people who enjoy a well drawn out, 10,000 page novel with a lot of description, sub plots, and other minor trivialities, but when I'm reading @ 3am, I don't want too much to make me have to think. These books are PERFECT. As long as there are more, I suppose I will continue saying fare thee well to what little in amazon gift cards I have saved up.
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