Review by Kalohe -- Masters and Bastards
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Review by Kalohe -- Masters and Bastards
[Following is a volunteer review of "Masters and Bastards" by Christopher J. Penington.]
Master and Bastards is a pleasant read. It is engaging, interesting, and draws you along as you read to want to read more. I give the book a 3 out of 4 rating because it has some issues, but those issues do not interfere with your enjoyment.
Mr. Penington is highly descriptive in his writing style. Now at times that descriptiveness gets a bit cumbersome. At times the author’s prose is a bit troubling in his word choice, in occasional wordiness, and occasional stumbling syntax, but again most often it serves his purpose. There are some editing needs still in the work (e.g. cashe for cache of weapons), nonetheless these are few and only a small part in the complete work.
Masters and Bastards describes the life journey of Andreas Marset from bit player in the Imperium that spans 3 planets to his becoming a planet-shaking hero of the realm. His character is well developed and well tested along the way. The well described other characters present both obstacles and platforms for his growth into his ultimate crucial role in saving a mankind that was transplanted into this time and space. The reader should know that there are a few sex scenes, but they are not gratuitous. They advance the story and contribute to Andreas’ development. Along the way several secrets are revealed about Andreas and his worlds, along with that there is interesting palace intrigue that swirls around him. All of this makes for great reading.
This novel, as a whole, grabs and keeps your attention. You can feel the movement in scene after scene. It is a difficult work to put down as you a drawn into the action. In many of the battle scenes you can almost smell what is going on. It is obvious that Mr. Penington draws on his law enforcement and military background in many scenes. In addition, that background helps him in seeing character and scene details, and relating those details. An example of this occurs throughout the climactic battle. It is a rousing reading experience with described (and felt) physicality, along with engaging description of the experience of mental and telepathic energy. You can feel it, you are there.
I would heartily recommend this book to those readers interested in engaging, dramatic action. It readily mixes a bit of the fantastic with the more mundane descriptions of battle and life action that can occur in the day-to-day world we actually live in. No one will be disappointed who picks up this book in the hopes of being entertained and being introduced to a new world that they can escape into and that will leave them thinking about well after the reading is finished.
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Master and Bastards is a pleasant read. It is engaging, interesting, and draws you along as you read to want to read more. I give the book a 3 out of 4 rating because it has some issues, but those issues do not interfere with your enjoyment.
Mr. Penington is highly descriptive in his writing style. Now at times that descriptiveness gets a bit cumbersome. At times the author’s prose is a bit troubling in his word choice, in occasional wordiness, and occasional stumbling syntax, but again most often it serves his purpose. There are some editing needs still in the work (e.g. cashe for cache of weapons), nonetheless these are few and only a small part in the complete work.
Masters and Bastards describes the life journey of Andreas Marset from bit player in the Imperium that spans 3 planets to his becoming a planet-shaking hero of the realm. His character is well developed and well tested along the way. The well described other characters present both obstacles and platforms for his growth into his ultimate crucial role in saving a mankind that was transplanted into this time and space. The reader should know that there are a few sex scenes, but they are not gratuitous. They advance the story and contribute to Andreas’ development. Along the way several secrets are revealed about Andreas and his worlds, along with that there is interesting palace intrigue that swirls around him. All of this makes for great reading.
This novel, as a whole, grabs and keeps your attention. You can feel the movement in scene after scene. It is a difficult work to put down as you a drawn into the action. In many of the battle scenes you can almost smell what is going on. It is obvious that Mr. Penington draws on his law enforcement and military background in many scenes. In addition, that background helps him in seeing character and scene details, and relating those details. An example of this occurs throughout the climactic battle. It is a rousing reading experience with described (and felt) physicality, along with engaging description of the experience of mental and telepathic energy. You can feel it, you are there.
I would heartily recommend this book to those readers interested in engaging, dramatic action. It readily mixes a bit of the fantastic with the more mundane descriptions of battle and life action that can occur in the day-to-day world we actually live in. No one will be disappointed who picks up this book in the hopes of being entertained and being introduced to a new world that they can escape into and that will leave them thinking about well after the reading is finished.
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Masters and Bastards
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