until something comes along that can kick down the gates again, as it were.” “Old Anthony was telling me that the spells necessary for last night’s show took some doing, so he doesn’t think anything magic will come this way for a while. Beyond the walls of the abbey the valley was emerging from the shadows as the sun reached higher in the sky. Well, I guess they’ll have something stronger around here soon.” Jimmy leaned back against the stone wall facing the cliff.
“Then along come those balls of light and that flying thing and whoops! “We didn’t consider this or that!” They’ve been jabbering about what they should have done for an hour. “The Ishapians are sitting up here, mumbling prayers to themselves, and convinced they’ve got a real magic stronghold-‘nothing can breach our mystic defenses,” ” he mimicked. Then you think, “That’s what I forgot to consider.” Eagle-eye hindsight, old Alvarny the Quick used to call it.”Īrutha wondered if the boy had been reading his thoughts. “No matter how canny you think you are, something can come along, bam, and put you on your prat. “Just shows you what I’ve always said.”ĭespite his concerns, Arutha found himself slightly amused by the boy’s tone. He had been so confident in his planning, but Murmandamus either had anticipated every move or somehow could react with unbelievable speed each time Arutha made a step.Īrutha came out of his musing to see Jimmy beside him. Arutha felt something alien, something he had not endured since he was a boy. He could be bold when needed, and boldness had won him several victories, but of late he had not been bold, only headstrong and impulsive. He had grown incautious in his haste to discover a cure for Anita, and such was not his nature. Whatever lay behind these attempts upon him was powerful beyond anything he had anticipated, despite clear warning from Father Nathan and the High Priestess of Lims-Kragma. In the hours since the attack the abbey had returned to a semblance of order and quiet, but Arutha felt only turmoil within.
Characters grow with the passage of time and you will find some ignorant characters in the final move.Arutha watched the dawn break over the Calastius Mountains, the rising sun an angry red orb. Nobody’s perfect so not even the main protagonist, the hero might be brave in some circumstances but irrationally fearful at some stages of life. The novel takes the reader step by step while revealing the story and the whole process of telling and showing is balanced. The author has uses metaphors in the story that enrich and add a breath of freshness to the character’s description. All the characters are described powerfully with their goods and bad. The writing style is satisfying and all the words in the sentences make sense.
The author has created curiosity right from the beginning of the story. This novel has a very strong opening that attracts the readers from the very beginning. Queen of Storms is a fiction, thriller, paranormal, loss, literature, redemption, grief, suspense, and mystery that covers all the emotions which makes it a wonderful story to read. Description of Queen of Storms by Raymond E. Queen of Storms is a fiction, thriller, literature, redemption, paranormal, loss, grief, suspense and mystery novel that covers all the five main elements of a story plot, setting, conflict, characters, and theme.