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The Flightless Falcon

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When he was fifteen, a mine cave-in trapped Tamison for two days and killed his older brother, father, and uncle. For three years Tamison struggled but failed to overcome his fear of the underground. His remaining family fell on hard times until his mother informs him that his thirteen-year-old sister is to get married. A guilt-laden Tamison eventually marries and has children, but cannot keep them fed because the guilds operate everything. Desperate, he tries to steal food, but is caught and sentenced to two years on a chain gang.

When he is freed, Tamison finds his family missing. He learns from a guard that the leader of a nearby city abducted his family and turned them into slaves. Now he begins to attempt a rescue that will leave him wondering who is telling the truth and what really happened to his family?

Overall, FLIGHTLESS FALCON is an interesting fantasy that starts off extremely slow, but once moving (about half way through the book) rapidly takes off in several fascinating directions. Tamison is an intriguing character struggling with a trauma in an unforgiving world. The support cast, especially Tamison's two traveling companions, help propel the story line forward. However, fans will need patience with the story line's snail pace in Mickey Zucker Reichert's latest tale.

Harriet Klausner

Not a bad read, although certainly not the best. While it has interesting plot turns you have to wade through a lot of story line before it picks up. In short, not bad for a slow Sunday afternoon but if you things to do you can live another day without reading this book.

At the age of 15, Tamison loses his father, brother and uncle in a mining accident....then goes to prison, aka chain gang for 2 years for stealing, and when he gets released, finds out his wife and children are gone. Told by a guard, that they were taken as slaves, the story picks up. Here you meet two other interesting charaters, Rifkah and Con.

I personally thought this book was a fanastic read, I found Con as my favorite guy. Very mysterious and you don't really get to truly know him until pretty close to the end. I just hope there is a second book to the Flightless Falcon, because it stopped badly, and I want to read more. Keep up the good work Mickey!

Aptly titled book; it never took off. No magic, no fantasy; just a schlepping misadventure. I skimmed through tedious text just to see if anything interesting would happen. Never did.

There is nothing in it, and certainly no storyline worth mentioning, just the antics of a badly trained dog and a wimp constantly feeling sorry for himself. I used to be a big fan of this author ; not anymore. When inspiration runs out, lining up words on a page does not make a book ...

An accident leaves Tamison fearful of the one job he is qualified for - mining - and his attempts to rebuild his life with a new family and position only lead increasingly into poverty. With imprisonment for theft and eventual freedom he embarks on a journey to locate his family and rebuild his life - a journey which will change his world in this intriguing fantasy.