The Whispering Walls (The Wanderers) [Kindle Edition]

J. E. Hunt (Author)

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Product Description

A poor young man, desperate for a place in the hierarchy of Mure Castle, achieves his dream by accident and at a terrible price. Now, with the city in chaos, and entwined in a conspiracy he does not understand, he must decide between the awful consequences of silence and confession, without knowing who to trust.

Meanwhile, the castle's sole heiress must find her own place in the wake of tragedy, and face a series of sacrifices that will define her and ultimately decide the fate of everyone she loves.

About the Author

J. E. Hunt has a degree in English from The University of Georgia, where he concentrated on Arthurian legend and Medieval literature. After graduation he moved to Minnesota and took up a career in banking, plotting novels on blank teller receipts between loan applications, and reading Les Misérables over long lunches. Somehow, this lead to a stock broker's license and a career managing projects for an online brokerage-a move that meant endless paperwork, all with white space perfect for scribbling character sketches and story notes. However, these narrow margins eventually proved too small, and he left the corporate world to spend two years unemployed, writing his first two novels: The Whispering Walls, and its sequel, The Sea of the Missing. These days, he lives in northern Virginia with his wife and two young children, and most weekdays he can be found working on his next book on the commuter train into DC. - Blog: www.jehunt.us - Facebook page: www.facebook.com/jehunt.author

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 542 KB
• Print Length: 258 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0982566522
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: Carius Books (February 2, 2010)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0038M3D2Y
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #426,505 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

J. E. Hunt has a degree in English from The University of Georgia, where he concentrated on Arthurian legend and Medieval literature.

Naturally, after graduation he moved to Minnesota and took up a career in banking, plotting novels on blank teller receipts between loan applications, and reading Les Misérables ravenously over lunches.

This somehow lead to a stock broker's license and a career managing projects for an online brokerage-a move that meant endless paperwork, all with white space perfect for scribbling character sketches and story notes.

However, these narrow margins eventually proved too small, and he left the corporate world to spend two years unemployed, writing his first two novels: The Whispering Walls, and its sequel, The Sea of the Missing.

These days, he lives in northern Virginia with his wife and two young children, and most weekdays he can be found working on his next book on the commuter train into DC.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A house of mirrors of human motives and self-deception, January 29, 2010

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R. Freedman (Washington, D.C.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Whispering Walls (Paperback)

How well do we know ourselves? How far are we capable of going to hide our deepest thoughts from ourselves? These questions kept running through my mind as I read The Whispering Walls from first-time author J.E. Hunt. The central question in this tautly wound tale of intrigue, betrayal, and swordplay is whether hiding our deeds from others is tantamount to hiding our deeds from ourselves. At first the answer is obviously no: the story's antihero, Tergiver, is whipsawed by anguish over his guilty deeds. Try as he might, he can no more hide his deeds from himself than Lady Macbeth can hide from the blood she sees on her hands. But life is more complicated than that, and by the end of the story we're not at all certain Tergiver hasn't succeeded in separating himself from his deeds. What's more, we're not convinced that that's a bad thing because we've been given a window into the morality that lies at his core. Or have we? We have to wonder, because Hunt takes us through a house of mirrors that leaves us uncertain when it comes to knowing what evil lurks in the heart of man.

*Spoilers follow*
Was Tergiver a person destined for heroism until he veered stunningly off path by a botched attempt to save the life of his king, or was he the killer all along? We know of his capacity to kill by the breathtaking speed at which he murdered his best friend to prevent the real story from being told. If he could do that, why should we believe that the red-faced, black-robed man that he thought was trying to kill the king wasn't in fact him all along? A similar question hangs over the actions of Tergiver's nemesis, Baelin. Is Baelin's protector real or is it a projection of Baelin himself? Perhaps we'll find out in the second book of what Hunt says is a four-part series called The Wanderers. Given Hunt's achievement in mixing complex ideas about human motives and self-deception with flat-out good story telling, I'm anticipating a satisfying deep dive when the next book comes out.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Immerse yourself in a good story, March 10, 2010

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Helana Marie (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Whispering Walls (Paperback)

First a disclaimer: The author is a friend of mine. That said, I was a bit nervous about reading it. What if I didn't like it? What if the writing wasn't so good? What would I say to him?

I had nothing to worry about. This is a good story, good enough that I forgot that someone had written it, and further forgot that it was written by a friend. The characters are varied and richly portrayed, some earning my loyalty, some my distaste, and some a tangle of feelings. The story pokes and prods at human nature, especially at conscience and its underpinnings. The ending is a cliffhanger, and has left me fidgeting with impatience for book two.

If you're in search of a good read (and aren't we all), get yourself a copy of this book. You will not be disappointed.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Medieval intrigue, violence and romance, February 15, 2010

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Bobbi A. Woods (Alexandria, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Whispering Walls (Paperback)

This is a medieval story of power, mystery and conscience. It's the tale of how a poor farmer's son rises to a powerful position in the King's Guard as a result of a mysterious series of events--and how he begins to see the world and those close to him in ways he has never seen before. He must grow up very quickly and manage the secrets and guilt within his heart. The writing is superb--consistent in its descriptiveness and has characters who really come alive on the pages. (I couldn't help but obsess over which celebrities would play parts in the feature film version!) I enjoyed all the characters--even the ones who were not so nice, such as Princess Agatha. I finished this book in a few short days, which will tell you that it was exciting enough to hold my interest and keep me intrigued right until the very end.