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Tribute at the Gates: An Epic Fantasy Saga

Catalyst, Book 1

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Cursed from birth. Forced into slavery. It's time to fight back.

The blood of the Ancients is the most coveted ingredient in all of Damaris. The fabled elixir made from it grants those who drink it life that extends far beyond natural means.

There is no higher honor in the kingdom then being granted the privilege of bidding for it. And the people found with the cursed blood? By law, they are the rightful property of the kingdom.

They are tributes.

As a boy, Ryl was sold by his family when he was discovered to have the coveted blood flowing through his veins. Broken, scared, and confused, he’s confined to an area known as the Stocks until he is ready for harvesting.

Ryl stumbles through a doomed life until the appearance of a mysterious stranger who exposes a buried version of the past that changes everything. That his blood may not be a curse, but a blessing.

The fates of all the tributes hang in the balance.

Experience the start of an epic fantasy series filled with unexpected heroes, dark magic, and nonstop adventure. Suitable for all ages, it's perfect for fans of D K. Holmberg, Will Wight, and K. F. Breene.

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I liked this; it starts by setting out a depressing future for the central character caused by fate, follows through his torrid existence leading up to his being used to provide life to others and right up to the last hour of this narration you're still left with no clue about how his future is going to pan out. Then comes salvation.

This is Book one in a series and I'm going to go look for Book two.

Sets up the sequel nicely

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The plot’s not bad though not by any means original. Slaves with good blood, why is that? You’d think the rest would think of them as special but, that’s nature for you. We treat with disrespect that which we fear the most. No criticism there but, why does everyone have to ‘say’ thing while doing things such as ‘he said and proffered his heand’ or, ‘she said in a low tone’ Why not ‘she whispered’ and cut out the stupid ‘said’? Or it’ll be two people in a room with ‘he said’ or ‘she said’ between them as if we can’t follow the dialogue wiithout the prompt? Pathetic is what i call it and to make matters worse of course, the camp motehr just simply had to be drop dead beautiful and naturally a gentle princess didn’t she? Typecasting, stereytyping. Hopeless. Don’t think I’ll be reading the next in the series. The narration though is good and, as I say, the plot while not original, is acceptable, just not, in my opinion, very well executed but, I’m used to that by now.

too many things I don’t like

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Worst pacing in a book that I've ever come across. It's actually mind-boggling. It's basically a 12 hour prologue. Horrendous. I was waiting for something that never came. For him to be free. A whole book waiting for something that we know is going to happen at some point but never does until literally the last chapter.

Worst pacing I've ever seen.

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