Review of We are Voulhire: A New Arrival under Great Skies
Posted: 28 Sep 2024, 08:44
[Following is a volunteer review of "We are Voulhire: A New Arrival under Great Skies" by Matthew Tysz.]
Power and the title "king" are usually associated. In Matthew Tysz's, We are Voulhire: A New Arrival under Great Skies, we read about soldiers, kings, and their strong desire to rule their kingdom and magicians with dark secrets. This first introductory book in the Voulhire series is a gripping, suspenseful novel that intertwines science, fantasy, and magical elements along with adventures, making it an engrossing read. The universe the author has created is amazing. The reader begins to picture an imaginative environment as we read on, which heightens the interest level of the novel.
Let's move on to the conversation about the characters. Galen Bray, whom the author introduces to us, is a happy man who travelled to Magnum Caelum, a town in Voulhire, to inherit his uncle's property. He has never met his uncle before. The next character we meet is Lord Eldus, a kind nobleman who truly wants to help the town and its residents, but he is blind to the intriguing mystery that surrounds his town. Another prominent figure who commands the majority of the plot's attention is the malevolent magician Meldorath, an evil mage experimenting with dark magic.
Interestingly, the author has titled the chapters of the book after the characters to offer an informative summary of each to avoid complexity in the narrative. Another thing that amazed me was that even though the author invented a magical realm, he included a map at the beginning of the book so that readers could easily follow the plot and have a clear picture of the kingdom's towns and distances.
The author's world-building style in depicting various aspects of nature is very impressive; on page 236, for instance, a calming breeze is described as "The air changed, as it often does over sea. The breeze made the air cool, and the ever-rising mist from the heat of a dying summer made the sunlight just a little harder to reach the water."
Mr. Mathew, the author, has also courageously highlighted a few unsettling subjects that bring disgrace to human nature, such as rape, assault, paedophilia, and assassination. For readers who are old enough to understand, he also discusses corruption, bad magic, power vs. authority, and societal problems, which add dignity to the novel.
There is nothing to dislike about the book. It was so gripping that I finished the book in just a few sittings. It is exceptionally edited, and I did not come across any grammatical or typing errors. This page-turner tale is an introduction to the other volumes to come ahead, which, for me, is an excellent read. I highly recommend 'We are Voulhire' to older readers as it contains profanity. I proudly rate this book five out of five stars.
I'll conclude my review with one of my favourite quotes from the book, which highlights our inner resilience and draws us in by hinting at the possibility of entertaining more in the further volumes to come. "Mankind’s greatest feature is the ability to imagine the unknowable and to conceptualize the unimaginable.”
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We are Voulhire: A New Arrival under Great Skies
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
Power and the title "king" are usually associated. In Matthew Tysz's, We are Voulhire: A New Arrival under Great Skies, we read about soldiers, kings, and their strong desire to rule their kingdom and magicians with dark secrets. This first introductory book in the Voulhire series is a gripping, suspenseful novel that intertwines science, fantasy, and magical elements along with adventures, making it an engrossing read. The universe the author has created is amazing. The reader begins to picture an imaginative environment as we read on, which heightens the interest level of the novel.
Let's move on to the conversation about the characters. Galen Bray, whom the author introduces to us, is a happy man who travelled to Magnum Caelum, a town in Voulhire, to inherit his uncle's property. He has never met his uncle before. The next character we meet is Lord Eldus, a kind nobleman who truly wants to help the town and its residents, but he is blind to the intriguing mystery that surrounds his town. Another prominent figure who commands the majority of the plot's attention is the malevolent magician Meldorath, an evil mage experimenting with dark magic.
Interestingly, the author has titled the chapters of the book after the characters to offer an informative summary of each to avoid complexity in the narrative. Another thing that amazed me was that even though the author invented a magical realm, he included a map at the beginning of the book so that readers could easily follow the plot and have a clear picture of the kingdom's towns and distances.
The author's world-building style in depicting various aspects of nature is very impressive; on page 236, for instance, a calming breeze is described as "The air changed, as it often does over sea. The breeze made the air cool, and the ever-rising mist from the heat of a dying summer made the sunlight just a little harder to reach the water."
Mr. Mathew, the author, has also courageously highlighted a few unsettling subjects that bring disgrace to human nature, such as rape, assault, paedophilia, and assassination. For readers who are old enough to understand, he also discusses corruption, bad magic, power vs. authority, and societal problems, which add dignity to the novel.
There is nothing to dislike about the book. It was so gripping that I finished the book in just a few sittings. It is exceptionally edited, and I did not come across any grammatical or typing errors. This page-turner tale is an introduction to the other volumes to come ahead, which, for me, is an excellent read. I highly recommend 'We are Voulhire' to older readers as it contains profanity. I proudly rate this book five out of five stars.
I'll conclude my review with one of my favourite quotes from the book, which highlights our inner resilience and draws us in by hinting at the possibility of entertaining more in the further volumes to come. "Mankind’s greatest feature is the ability to imagine the unknowable and to conceptualize the unimaginable.”
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We are Voulhire: A New Arrival under Great Skies
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
