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Shadow of the Conqueror (Chronicles of Everfall Book 1) by [Brooks, Shad]

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Who better to fight back the darkness of the world than the one responsible for most of it?

Daylen, once known as the Great Bastard, the Scourge of Nations, Dayless the Conqueror, has lived in hiding since his presumed death. Burdened by age and tremendous guilt, he thinks his life is coming to an end. Unbeknownst to him he’s about to embark on a journey towards redemption where his ruthless abilities might save the world. Many battles await with friends to be made and a past filled with countless crimes to confront, all the while trying to keep his true identity a secret.

Indeed, it might be too much if not for the fabled power awaiting him.

Everfall is a world of perpetual day where the continents float in an endless sky. If one jumps from the continent they will fall for many hours before returning to the same place from which they fell. Skyships rule the air powered by shining sunstone and industrial darkstone. A legendary order of knights bears mystical powers which they use to hunt out the dreaded Shade, monsters that regular people turn into if trapped in darkness for the length of a fall.
It is a world of enchanted swords, merciless monsters, mystical knights and hard magic, filled with tales of wonder and adventure.

Length: 606 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
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File Size: 5714 KB
Print Length: 606 pages
Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
Publication Date: July 1, 2019
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B07TB4YSHX
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Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #76,162 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
- #1261 in Coming of Age Fantasy eBooks
- #930 in Teen & Young Adult Coming of Age Fantasy eBooks
- #1000 in Fantasy Adventure Fiction

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William

I know this is going to upset some people...

July 1, 2019

Format: Kindle Edition

Let me just start by saying that I love Shad. Awesome guy, great sense of humor, and has a addictive Youtube Channel. He's spent the last 10 years honing his craft and I can certainly appreciate that. But I can't help feel he's latched onto some pretty bad writing advice.

For one, he's distractingly heavy-handed with dialogue attributions. For another, he doesn't seem to understand the reason for--or meaning of--showing vs telling. Dialogue often times contains zero tension, making some interactions feel forced and info-dumpy. The beats of the story feel awfully paced. His style of writing needs work. His editor needs even more work, and the list goes on and on.

But here's the thing. Even the best-cut diamonds have flaws. And this book is most certainly a diamond. Shad has a good sense of story, plot, and character. He's also an amazing world builder (even if the way he conveys his world to the audience needs work). Definitely worth picking up this book.

I could write a longer review, but I'm currently on a deadline of my own. So just buy the book already.

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DanVDW

A fun and promising debut

July 3, 2019

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Shadow of the Conqueror is an enjoyable gem. It certainly has its flaws, but it has a lot going for it and I have no difficulty recommending it.

The book's greatest strength is in the world that the author introduces. A great deal of thought has gone into this world; its physical mechanics, its magical systems, and the cultural idiosyncrasies derived from them. The downside to this is that it leaves the author with a great many things to explain, resulting in a lot of heavily expositional monologue and dialogue. This does constipate the narrative at times, and your mileage may vary depending on your tolerance for info-dumps. Personally, I found it forgivable. The exposition is so enthusiastic that it feels like the author is really excited to share his toys with the reader, and it's endearing. A technically-minded fantasy reader who really wants to come to grips with the world and its systems will find much to enjoy.

On to the narrative. Like the world in which it is set, Shadow of the Conqueror is marked by great contrasts of light and darkness. Much of the book is characterized by levity, dad jokes, cringe-worthy puns, and a wholesome lightheartedness. This is balanced out with frequent dips into much heavier subject matter; stunning violence, profound atrocity, and crippling guilt. The back-and-forth between the two poles does a lot to keep you engaged, as once things really get going you can't take for granted what the tone of the next page will be.

Though there are a few other points of view, the narrative is tightly focused around the main character of Daylen, who like the book itself is a figure of extremes. He manages to combine elements of a superhero, an annoying teenage brat, a grumpy old man, and a repentant war-criminal. He's a tricky personality to come to terms with as a protagonist, but his journey is really quite poignant. He could perhaps be criticized for being an overpowered character, as his abilities are extremely versatile. He does, however, encounter characters and situations that are legitimately threatening to him. In that sense, the book has the feeling of a superhero story; if power-experimentation and clashes between overpowered individuals are appealing to you, then you're going to have some fun with it. Though to me, Daylen's most appealing "power" is his identity, and the intimate knowledge of the world he derives from it.

Regarding the rest of the cast, the book doesn't fall into the trap of having too many major characters. It focuses on a core cast of strong characters whom I felt were handled quite well. As is par for the course with this book, there's a lot of goofy banter encasing serious emotionality and plot significance underneath it, and the time taken to establish these characters pays off superbly towards the book's climax.

The writing itself is largely good. The dialogue could be refined, and there are more than a few sentences ending in prepositions. I was impressed with the structuring of it; the length and flow of chapters. It's a cliche to call a book a "page turner", but I did find myself irresistibly baited into reading the next chapter. The chapters themselves aren't labouriously long, so "one more chapter" never felt like too much of an ask.

All things considered, I'm very pleased with the experience. The setting and supernatural mechanics are cleverly constructed and very enjoyable, and work well to deliver a story with some properly satisfying emotional heft.

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Timothy M. McGowen

Loved it, and will read again!

July 1, 2019

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Shad takes his time to build out a unique fantasy world with simple, yet utter complex, technology, based around the magic. His world building leans towards the heavy-handed explaining kind, so if that puts you off you might struggle, but if you can sit tight and get through the many lines of exposition then you are in for a treat!

I bought the paperback and plan on re-reading it as soon as it arrives! *It Arrived!*

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Michael M.

Author failed to follow his own advice: this novel is not ready for publication

July 5, 2019

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I wanted to like this novel, I really did. I'm a fan of Shad's YouTube channel, and really love his content. Reading the back-cover blurb, I was excited to read this novel - there's so much potential. But after 30-40 pages (of a 500 page paperback), I had to put it down. The prose is extremely substandard, the worldbuilding is very heavy-handed, leading to infodump after infodump and aside after aside. In those 30 pages I have read, next to nothing happens. And the main character! He wobbles between self-pity and "I had it better in my day!" old-man-ism. And that could work... except he doesn't seem to have much of an actual personality.

And there is such potential here, too! The world-concept is very Sanderson-esque, filled with magic and airships, and even some industrialization. It's just a shame that the author failed to heed his own advice. This novel should have gone through two or three rounds with an editor. And I mean a true content editor. Shad credits a copy editor and two proofreaders, but their only role is to correct spelling and grammatical mistakes (and I still spotted several, including tense confusion on the second page!)

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