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Voidhawk (2009)

by Jason Halstead(Favorite Author)

3.49 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1449578225 (ISBN13: 9781449578220)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Createspace

series

Voidhawk series

review 1: This story has all the ingredients - wizards, magic, space-travel, pirates, ghosts and the un-dead - not to mention an abundance of promiscuous, semi-clad women. What it lacked was a coherent narrative - there is too much going on. The captain of the Voidhawk admits at one stage to not knowing where his ship was headed - which felt like an admission of the author as to where the story was headed too. Which was a pity - some of the ideas were neat; and often the story would rattle along at a fine pace, with excitement and adventure. But it needed some distilling to a less chaotic, cluttered plot. Characters came and went, places came and went, ideas came and went - and still we sped along, not quite sure what was propelling either the spaceship or the story. It never grip... moreped me, and I neither knew where the book was going, nor much cared - it was trying to do everything. Which was a pity, because with a little less, the book could have been so much more.
review 2: A first reads win! This was a fun and action filled, swashbuckling tale. It takes what could have been a generic science fiction story an adds a veneer of fantasy, giving it a fresh and interesting composition. While the story was fun, it seemed very episod driven without much long term development. Some characters were well developed while others are obviously being saved for latter books. Some of the writing was pretty rough but overall a great first effort. I would love to read the sequel. less

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