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Fantasy Book Review: Glammenport by Kevin Lane
Timion the Black has exhausted his options. Reckless, despicable, Timion’s own band of mercenary men turn against him, leaving him for dead in a back alleyway. Fate deposits the usurped buccaneer into the hands of altruistic nuns. There he finds his way to health and into their debt. Revenge, dark magic, and clever technology collide, catapulting Timion beyond the rim of the known world – beyond the mythic Boiling Seas. There he finds a forgotten, corrupt race sharpening their swords for conquest – their dark, evil eyes set upon his home port of call: Glammenport.
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Glammenport impressed me immediately – the standard of the writing was high and the descriptions were vivid, the characterisation strong. Comparisons are difficult and only Raymond E Feist’s Magician really comes to mind and this only because of both books featuring two very different worlds. Kevin Lane has not re-invented the genre here but he has taken it and produced a highly polished, skilful and above all enjoyable book that will allow readers to escape into a richly textured fantasy world. He is an author with a future and if he can continue to write with such verve and skill I, for one, will happily read his work. This is a very good book and I hope that there is an even better work to come, as this author possesses all the raw materials to write a fantasy classic.
Kevin Lane – Fall 1996. I quit my job, locked myself in my apartment for 2-3 months, and wrote Glammenport. This was my big push to try and produce something that the fantasy market would enjoy. I wanted the text to ‘sound’ right so I actually read the entire final draft out loud. I ended up losing my voice by the end of that! Just the same, hands down that experience has been the most satisfying accomplishment of my life.
Posted: November 5th, 2008
Author: Lee
Categories: Fantasy Book Review
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