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CROWMAN

By David Rae

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Rebecca Lee

Reviewed on Nov 9, 2020

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A darkness rules the world, but there is a group full of hope who look for the light, making this a novel worthy of the time we live.

Synopsis

The great spirit Vatu keeps the Sun in a box, where no thief can steal it. Once a year, the box is opened and life springs across the dark lands. The whole world belongs to Vatu. He is darkness, he is master of all. There is no hiding from him.

But Utas must try, for his daughter's sake. She is sick from darkness, and yet she glows with a mysterious light. If Vatu can find them, he will destroy them, or worse, drag them back into his mad, dark world. Torn between duty and mercy, between justice and freedom, Utas tries to escape, but it seems inevitable that the darkness will reclaim him.

For the greatest mercy and the greatest punishment Utas can suffer is to return to his true self.

David Rae captures the reader’s attention in his book, ‘Crowman,’ with an effervescent pen, and curious message.


To be honest, this genre has not been one that I normally was attracted to reading. But there was something in the synopsis that made me give it a second look.


His tale, mostly attractive to those who enjoy reading fantasy, maybe a book club, offers up a similarity to a symphony with its melodic, and dark harmonies that create a plethora of emotions.


Looking at what the real world has been going through as of late with the pandemic and other traumas – fires, floods and fanatics, ‘Crowman,’ seems to suit the mood most of us are in.


Darkness envelopes us all at one point. Just like it does Utas and his daughter … and the whole world thanks to the spirit of darkness, Vatu.


Though he knows Vatu can destroy them all, Utas doesn’t care. His mind is on bringing out the light in his daughter, and hopefully showing others there is another side of life than the blackness that Vatu’s world offers.


At the same time though, Utas is conflicted – Vatu is the master of his world. He feels a sense of duty, while at the same time, hungers for freedom.


Each page was turned with interest, and analysis. It was obvious that David Rae put careful thought in the characters and their development, and his use of colorful imagery allowed me, the reader, to feel as if maybe I was a silent observer on scene.


There is so much more of this epic fantasy novel that deserves mention, but for fear of spoiling it for you, I won’t go further. Well, maybe a little further, for those deep thinkers, it is almost as if David Rae has generated a mythological piece of prose that offers solutions for us all when we are faced with a deep, dark pit of life challenges brought on by personal trials, or perhaps, the valleys of politics?


You just have to read it to get it. Well-done, sir, well-done!

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Rebecca Lee

Rebecca has the experience - as an award-winning newspaper editor and credentialed book blogger - to help you help your book be a book. Her love of affair of stories - books started at age five, and led her in her career and to college & grad school (English/journalism and psychology)

CROWMAN

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David Rae – Thank you becky. You might like to read the second in the series CROWTOWER and if you want I can send you a review copy
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