{"id":100,"date":"2010-08-29T13:13:27","date_gmt":"2010-08-29T13:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/ubalblog\/2010\/08\/29\/the-summoner-a-slightly-long-winded-review\/"},"modified":"2012-10-19T04:45:35","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T04:45:35","slug":"the-summoner-a-slightly-long-winded-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/ubalblog\/2010\/08\/29\/the-summoner-a-slightly-long-winded-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The Summoner &#8211; A Slightly Long Winded Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>[<\/strong>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/images\/weblogs\/mood_shocked.gif\" alt=\"Shocked\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" border=\"0\" \/> <strong>Mood:<\/strong> Shocked&nbsp;<strong>]<\/strong><br \/><strong>[<\/strong>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/images\/weblogs\/action_listen.gif\" alt=\"Listening to CBC\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" border=\"0\" \/> <strong>Currently:<\/strong> Listening to CBC&nbsp;<strong>]<\/strong><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41s8yeUFqoL._SX140_.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I love high fantasy.  As a teenager I practically memorized the Belgariad and was always looking for the next great story of questing and wizardry.  Modern high fantasy has taken a very gritty, but delicious, turn with the likes George R.R. Martin and Joe Abercrombie.  But I sometimes still long for a nice, old fashion &quot;young man&#8217;s journey into adulthood&quot; high fantasy.  So imagine how happy I was to find <span style=\"font-style: italic\">The Summoner<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Being the Spare is not all it&#8217;s cracked up to be, especially when the Heir is a psychotic jerk.  This is Tris&#8217;s world.  He is the second son from the second marriage of the king of Margolan.  His older brother, Jared, is bully who is jealous of his brother&#8217;s popularity with the people.  So when Jared kills their father, the king, Tris knows he needs to flee.<\/p>\n<p>This sets up a breakneck race across the country as Tris tries to make it to a neighbouring kingdom where his uncle is king.  Add to this the problem of Tris&#8217;s burgeoning necromancy powers.  It appears that more than just being able to see dead people, he is actually the magical heir of his late Grandmother, Bava K&#8217;aa.  This would mean he is a summoner, a mage who is able to ease the transition of the dead to the other side and summon them to do his bidding.<\/p>\n<p>Author Gail Martin has created a solid high fantasy novel that is a bit of a throwback to the works of the 80s, but with just enough grittiness and inventive world building to give it a freshness.  Despite it&#8217;s size, this novel is a very easy read that will leave you satisfied.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[&nbsp; Mood: Shocked&nbsp;][&nbsp; Currently: Listening to CBC&nbsp;] I love high fantasy. As a teenager I practically memorized the Belgariad and was always looking for the next great story of questing and wizardry. 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