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The Galactic Mage (2012)

by John Daulton(Favorite Author)

3.66 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1466276843 (ISBN13: 9781466276840)

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English

genre

Romance

publisher

Createspace

series

The Galactic Mage

review 1: Did you ever wonder what would happen if you crossed Star Trek with Dungeons and Dragons? Well wonder no more, because "The Galactic Mage" by John Daulton does just that and for the most part, does it rather well. While at times reading like a fanfic, Dalton is able to deftly combine the two wildly disparate genres of speculative fiction and make it work without too much in the way of plot contrivances. The novel is a story of two different yet in many ways similar protagonists. Altin Meade is a young, brash, and powerful sorcerer from Prosperion, a planet not unlike your typical generic fantasy world. His dream is to use his powerful teleportation magic to put himself on the moon, and beyond. Orli Pewter is a botanist and an officer on an Earth starship investigating... more the destruction of a human colony at the hands of an enigmatic alien race known as the extremely generic term "hostiles". Orli also dreams about expanding her horizons past the dull and dreary life aboard the ship. Altin's story is very much the superior one as it's essentially the magical equivalent of man's journey into the discovery of the universe. I'm impressed with Daulton's magic system, as on the world of Prosperion, magic is essentially a scientific pursuit. Magic works in a very logical and scientific way down to quantifying each individual mage's level of proficiency in each school of magic. It almost has to be scientific, as when towards the latter part of the book, we eventually see magic and science collide. Orli's story is unfortunately not as well done. While the magical world is for the most part generic as well, this seems ripped right out of the pages of a bad Star Trek novel. None of the Earthlings come across as very interesting at all, and that includes Orli who seems overly whiney and childlike. Things unfortunately take a turn for the worse when Orly and Altin meet. What we see is an almost Twilight level of bad romantic writing. I realize that Daulton likely did this intentionally... Wanting to show an almost fairy tale like romance... It's all just so completely unbelievable the level at which Daulton takes it. I came in wanting to see societies of magic and science clash and while that did occur, the romantic elements were just so poorly written I literally face palmed multiple times trying to go through it all. All in all, it was an enjoyable read and an interesting blend of genres that for the most part worked. I just hope Daulton will develop the romance aspect a bit more going forward.And by the way, you will hate Captain Assad with a Joffrey-like passion!
review 2: So what would you think about a book that has a scene involving a space ship having a stare down in the middle of space with a stone tower from a castle. On the castle tower is a dragon and a mage. Oh and to make it realistic there is a magical bubble around the tower.yeah I know what you are thinking "What the Vietnamese Soup were you drinking that day!" This is a very engaging and fun read. There is enough detail in the world and in the way the characters get to that interaction to make it believable. It also makes you want to know whether Mr. Daulton will return with a second book. This for me was a truly imaginative and creative approach to a "you gotta be kidding me" premise.Check it out. less

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