The Will Of The Strid
The Wells Of Fate Book 1
by Kingsley M. Hobson
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Pub Date 21 Jun 2023 | Archive Date 22 Jul 2023
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Description
For centuries Myrriheem has been imprisoned within the time-meddling caverns known as the Strid. But a grave mistake has weakened the cage around his ruinous evil.
Only Storn can prevent his escape and the return of his poisonous vengeance.
In exchange for a new power and a way out of misery, Storn joins a quest to renew the binding magic of the Strid and mend the errors of the old prophetess. To fail will mean war and suffering.
The captive is luring allies. Discontent grows among the people. Storn has only one chance to reckon with family, restore an ancient blade, and stop the terror foretold.
Featured Reviews
Audet M, Reviewer
In terms of ice cream, The Will of The Strid is the vanilla flavour. Some people may think that I write this as a critic, but there are good and bad sides to the vanilla flavour. You’re not always in the mood to read some giant epic that requires 2 hours of notes and research to keep track of and follow. Sometimes, you just want a simple story, something familiar with likeable characters. That is exactly what The Will of The Strid is.
The writing style is perfectly serviceable without any needless flourish. The world, the magic system and the characters blend together to create an interesting world that I am sure will keep expanding.
On the other hand, many of the plot twists or reveals are highly predictable. It’s ok to foreshadow stuff, but I feel it was too heavy-handed in this volume.
Curious to see where the next volume will take us.
Aaron S, Reviewer
Kingsley Did me a favor by allowing me to review this book.
I maybe partial because I like the coming of age/finding out you have power and purpose trope. As long as it's well done, its usually emotionally stirring and a lot of fun to read.
The Will of the Strid was this for me! I immediately liked the main characters, well beyond abusive ones...
The adventure begins almost immediately and the magic while not entirely brand new, was awwe I spring because of the intellectual prose used to describe it.
The world opens up like a flower and we learn it's details as the story unfolds, instead of receiving an unstructured info dump.
Storn, Guthrie, ellowyn, Kindly old Aggodarthe make for a great book...
If you like coming of age...read this
Amy M, Reviewer
A well written, easy to digest fantasy suitable for those just starting out reading the genre.
The plot doesn't get too heavy or congested, just a good old traditional "young hero sets out saves the realm" type of story.
Storn is a likeable protagonist that can think for himself and his growth felt natural and satisfying to see after what he'd been through.
The plot becomes a bit predictable but the pacing and characters make up for that in being an enjoyable read!
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