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Picture, if you will, the fawn.

He is full of life as he skips his merry way down to the river’s edge, tiny dainty hooves pressing drops of morning dew from the grass. The grass exhales as the hoof lifts and the fawn springs onwards, tufted ears and delicate eyelashes flicking away midges attracted by the moisture by the flowing stream and the hot vitality of the beast’s lifeblood. There is a joy in his eyes, shining in the early sunshine reflected from the surface as the young creature. . .

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    Picture, if you will, the fawn.

    He is full of life as he skips his merry way down to the river’s edge, tiny dainty hooves pressing drops of morning dew from the grass. The grass exhales as the hoof lifts and the fawn springs onwards, tufted ears and delicate eyelashes flicking away midges attracted by the moisture by the flowing stream and the hot vitality of the beast’s lifeblood. There is a joy in his eyes, shining in the early sunshine reflected from the surface as the young creature. . .

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      As soon as I saw Erikson listed as inspiration, I had to check this work out. It certainly appears to be shaping up to be epic fantasy in this tradition. There is an emphasis on description and plot as experienced by the characters that is present in these high, epic fantasy novels. That said, there are also some elements of Guy Gavriel Kay as well in the perspective switches mid-chapter and use of otherwise 'unimportant' characters to get an atmosphere or plot point across. Since all of these are authors I greatly enjoy, I have only good things to say about this promising beginning, and look forward to reading more!
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        As soon as I saw Erikson listed as inspiration, I had to check this work out. It certainly appears to be shaping up to be epic fantasy in this tradition. There is an emphasis on description and plot as experienced by the characters that is present in these high, epic fantasy novels. That said, there are also some elements of Guy Gavriel Kay as well in the perspective switches mid-chapter and use of otherwise 'unimportant' characters to get an atmosphere or plot point across. Since all of these are authors I greatly enjoy, I have only good things to say about this promising beginning, and look forward to reading more!
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          Fellows is a master storyteller. His prose transports us to a world that is foreign enough for it to be fantasy but real enough for the reader to draw many parallels with events happening in our own world.
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            Fellows is a master storyteller. His prose transports us to a world that is foreign enough for it to be fantasy but real enough for the reader to draw many parallels with events happening in our own world.
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              Oak and Stone: A Book of Enai brings to life a fully realized world complete with its own history, complex characters, and a timeline fraught with tension both political and personal. I found the Prologue combine with the first chapter to encapsulate the tone of the work to not only let you know the author is present, but providing the reader with the lexicon of a new culture. I look forward to seeing this in print.
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                Oak and Stone: A Book of Enai brings to life a fully realized world complete with its own history, complex characters, and a timeline fraught with tension both political and personal. I found the Prologue combine with the first chapter to encapsulate the tone of the work to not only let you know the author is present, but providing the reader with the lexicon of a new culture. I look forward to seeing this in print.
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