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Colin Taber

Autor(a) de The Landing

15 Works 160 Membros 6 Reviews 2 Favorited

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Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1970
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
Australia
Locais de residência
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Pequena biografia
Colin Taber was born in Australia in 1970 and announced his intention to be a writer at the innocent age of 6. His father, an accountant, provided some cautious advice, suggesting that life might be easier if his son pursued a more predictable vocation. Colin didn't listen. Over the past twenty years Colin's had over a hundred magazine articles published, notably in Australian Realms Magazine. In 2009 his first novel, The Fall of Ossard, was released to open his coming of age dark fantasy series, The Ossard Trilogy. The second installment, Ossard's Hope, followed in 2011 and was supported by a national book signing tour. Currently, Colin is working on the final book in that trilogy, Lae Ossard, and the second book in his new series, The United States of Vinland.  Loki's Rage will follow the release of The Landing also in 2013. Colin has done many things over the years, from working in bookshops to event management, small press publishing, landscape design and even tree farming. All he really wants to do, though, is to get back to his oak grove and be left to write. Thankfully, with an enthusiastic and growing readership, that day is coming. He currently haunts the west coast city of Perth. [from Amazon.com, retrieved 1/14/2014]

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I'll admit that I was first interested in this book by Facebook advertising. I'm a little embarrassed by that, but it got me. So be it. I read the first chapter and I was hooked.

Absolutely rich, very dark, story-driven, could-not-put-it-down because I HAD TO KNOW what happened next..... True, not the most rich character design or world building I've ever seen, but absolutely story-driven with an epic grandeur that I truly enjoyed. And the author did a magnificent job, if not with the original character design, but with the growth of the characters themselves, which a lot of authors fall flat with.

I'm reminded a lot of Robin Hobb (if the reviewer below will forgive me, but I see the comparisons), Sara Douglass or Carol Berg. Give it a shot, either way. My only complaint is that I hate cliffhangers, and I'm starting to get to the point, as a reader, where I'd rather wait for the series to be out in its entirety before dealing with the wait for the next bit of an incomplete story. ;)
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lyrrael | Aug 3, 2023 |
This is an intriguing start to the series, based on the idea that once the Norse reached North America, they never left, eliminating the English settlement and influence on the continent. The action centers around the settlement at Godsland, led by Eskil, and their unexpected rivalry with the settlement at Lakeland, once their co-immigrants. Winters were harsh, but the elements were not the only forces to be overcome, and the tension is in how those two settlements chose to approach the new land.

Though this first installment only covers the first few years of settlement, shortly after the first millennium, the series promises to follow this beginning through the modern era. How would history have played out with a different power holding forth in North America?
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ScoutJ | outras 3 resenhas | Dec 2, 2014 |
This is an intriguing start to the series, based on the idea that once the Norse reached North America, they never left, eliminating the English settlement and influence on the continent. The action centers around the settlement at Godsland, led by Eskil, and their unexpected rivalry with the settlement at Lakeland, once their co-immigrants. Winters were harsh, but the elements were not the only forces to be overcome, and the tension is in how those two settlements chose to approach the new land.

Though this first installment only covers the first few years of settlement, shortly after the first millennium, the series promises to follow this beginning through the modern era. How would history have played out with a different power holding forth in North America?
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ScoutJ | outras 3 resenhas | Dec 2, 2014 |
A cute story to tide one over waiting for the next installment...
 
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ScoutJ | Jul 9, 2014 |

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Obras
15
Membros
160
Popularidade
#131,702
Avaliação
3.0
Resenhas
6
ISBNs
21
Favorito
2

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