I love building this world and I'm happy to walk slowly through it - come join me!Ī thoroughly enjoyable and creative tale, which starts out slow and steady in a small rural village with petty small-town problems (oh, and a significant debt slavery system, but hey, smoeone's gotta keep the masses in line, right?). There are several established story arcs that span the whole novel.

He'll soon be swept up by forces beyond his control, but for now he's wide eyed and stepping out into the world. The world is mostly light but there are touches of darkness our MC will have to wade through.Įxpect the MC to progress up from being low powered as he receives new abilities and skills from his gods in return for completing quests. In this book you'll find magic, arcanists, witches, faelen realms, and champions of the gods (clerics) who maintain the power and status of their deities. The story starts off slowly, more like a slice of life than action-adventure, but it gets there. He’s already got three gifts, two quests and he owes a favour to an old hermit.Īs soon as he buys his freedom he can set off adventuring - if he can find a sword.ĬoSG is a slow-burn epic fantasy. Now Konrad has been chosen too, only his gods are slightly smaller, the smallest in fact. Konrad's brother was the hero of the valleys when he was chosen as the champion of the Father.

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