Publisher:
Matador
Year: 2011
Price in
sterling: £7.99 (£7.19 on Amazon)
Paperback
325
pages
ISBN: 978-1848766-105
The year
is 368 AD and Roman Britain is recovering from a deluge of co-ordinated
attacks, carried out by barbarian hordes, known as the Barbarica
Conspirito. A soldier is searching for a
horde of stolen gold and a young priestess is looking for a missing man, hoping
to find him alive and rekindle her diminishing faith. Together they begin a journey across the
region known as Britannia Prima, but the answers they seek may not give them
the peace or security they desire.
What
Page has done with this novel is produce a work based on a solid historical
platform but seamlessly weave fiction with a super-natural element, and in
doing so tells a wonderfully balanced story.
The characters are rounded, believable and fit each other
perfectly. You can relate to their
insecurities, you feel their internal conflicts and sympathise with their
shortcomings.
REVIEW
REVIEW
I am
normally reticent to accept the presence of fantasy elements in historical
fiction because so many writers over-egg them, leaving me with the distinct
impression that the story is weak and needs supporting. Bill Page manages to project the incredibly
superstitious world of Romano-Britain with
consummate ease. It was an age where Pagan
& Christian conflict was rife and everyone believed that a supernatural entity guided them on their
life’s journey. Page writes these
passages so deftly, that you hardly notice them as being out of the
ordinary.
Bill
Page has set the bar for independently published works extremely high with this
work. If any writer is considering an
assisted publishing service, or similar entity, to get their novel into print,
I can offer one simple piece of advice - read this book. Use it as a benchmark, identify why it stands
out and use those findings to improve your own manuscript. This book was a pleasure to read and I thoroughly recommend it!
I give "The Sower of the Seeds of Dreams" 5 crosses and award Bill Page "The Golden Hammer & Anvil Shield" as this book is beautifully written and deserves to be published as a main stream title.
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I give "The Sower of the Seeds of Dreams" 5 crosses and award Bill Page "The Golden Hammer & Anvil Shield" as this book is beautifully written and deserves to be published as a main stream title.
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