Army of Misfits
Crystalwizard
Reviewed by Sarra Borne
Army of Misfits is
the fourth in the Sojourn Chronicles.
Even though the author is coming into the home stretch with only
two
more books to follow there are still plenty of stories left to tell. Army of
Misfits follows the now familiar format of - on the road to the
destination, add a few new characters to the mix, then embroil the
characters
in a nearly insurmountable obstacle which they finally overcome
allowing them
to return to the main objective. The
main objective in this case being to save the world from Gorg
invaders.
Dale and his band of travelers must find
King Yaybar before
they run out of time. Each time it looks
like they are going to make it something stops them in their tracks. They first have to make their way through a
mountain range that is protected by a deadly magical barrier. After doing that they need to convince the
people of the mountains that they aren’t demons before the people use
their own
deadly force. Out of the frying pan and
into the fire.
In addition to the main quest line, there are quite a few
interesting sub-plots. There is a
confrontation at a pixie castle that leads to the rescue of a lovely
sprite
maiden who is particularly taken with Kheri.
Frost dragon Quhi takes Dale’s oath and becomes quite a useful
addition
to the group. Dwarf Thoradin turns out
to be not quite what he seems from outward appearances.
Faran works to understand his father and
family relations a little bit better.
Dale and Aerline need a little marriage counseling.
And the reader will never guess who will join
the group in the last few chapters.
Quite a nice little surprise there.
As always, this is not a stand-alone novel, one absolutely
must read the series in order. To do
anything else is to miss too many of the nuances of the story, not to
mention
the character development over the successive books.
The series is written in a seamless line with
each new book picking up exactly where the last one left off.
Write faster Crystalwizard, write faster. Your
faithful readers will be champing at the
bit to know what happens.