Review
A fascinating tale following the story of Su An and how he banded with a group of heroes and killed the dragons that ravaged the world.
There was a strong anticipation when I first saw this book in its release—I can say the same, of course, for Spirits of Vengeance. However, I didn’t have the energy to pick them up at the time, and it was a mistake I can only repay by this reading.
Rob J. Hayes did not disappoint in sharing this wonderful short. He executed the beginning paragraph of the story astoundingly with a strong resonance towards tone. It sets the mood of the book, what is to be expected of the story and how the flow would be. And reading the work definitely felt as though you are in front of a bonfire, enjoying yourself a bottle of ale, while Hayes shares his story.
The writing wasn’t anything special. It wasn’t flowery but the quality of authoring put into it is prevalent. The fluidity of reading this work proved not even the slightest complication and that is what made it such a unique read.
I have been fascinated by Rob J. Hayes’ writing ever since I read Never Die and I can now safely say that he is one of those authors that I find true comfort with when reading. He slowly became someone with which I may not always be floored, but I am always going to be in a security of good writing.
About the Author
Winner of Mark Lawrence’s 3rd Self Published Fantasy Blog Off (SPFBO) with Where Loyalties Lie
Rob J. Hayes was born somewhere south of the cockney wastelands in a small town called Basingstoke. He grew up with all the usual boy toys including Lego, Star Wars figures (complete with working lightsaber action) and plenty of Transformers. Playing with these toys inspired his imagination and as soon as he was old enough he started playing with swords… OK, wooden sticks.
At the age of fourteen he started writing but, like most fourteen year old boys, everything had to be either a vampire, a werewolf, or have superpowers. Thankfully, like most fourteen year old boys, he eventually grew up… a bit.
After four years at University studying Zoology and three years working for a string of high street banks as a desk jockey/keyboard monkey, Rob ran away to live on a desert island in Fiji for three months. It was there he re-discovered his love of writing and, more specifically, of writing fantasy.
When he’s not madly scribbling his next epic, Rob has a variety of hobbies that, unsurprisingly, are fantasy themed. He regularly plays card games based on the A Game of Thrones and the Netrunner universes and attends tournaments throughout the UK. Rob also enjoys Airsofting: the act of running around a forest with fake guns shooting (being shot by) his friends.
