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In Witchfinder by Sarah A. Hoyt,
Seraphim Ainsling and Gabriel Penn secretly defy the king's edict to
rescue witches facing death on other Earths. Meanwhile, Nell strives
to ransom her lover's freedom by spying on Duke Seraphim, and so
finds herself caught up in the Duke's heroic escapades. After Sydell,
the king's spy, confronts Nell for the information she owes him, an
attack on Seraphim and Gabriel throws the three of them into the
spiral of a much larger plot that could destroy Avalon, Fairyland,
and the surrounding alternate Earths.
Witchfinder
boasts a fine balance of female and male protagonist voices headed by
Nell, Gabriel, and Seraphim. Although it may appear at first as if
Seraphim is the typical heroic main character, Nell quickly comes
into the mix as an equally powerful voice, and Gabriel becomes more
important as the larger plot unfolds. Seraphim, Nell, and Gabriel's
intertwining paths culminate in magical battles that shake the
foundation of their worlds.
Hoyt
brings us a fun twist on the heroic trope of a knight who runs off
into danger, saving maidens along the way. The many iterations of
Avalon, most of them calling themselves Earth, provide everything
from fairies and dragons to the machines and iron of the modern
world.
Witchfinder's
plot proves as complicated as its multiverse, evoking comparisons to
Roger Zelazny's Nine Princes in Amber.
But where Zelazny gave us a
plethora of princes and princesses at war, Hoyt offers us
compassionate characters with deeper ties of brotherhood and romance.
Witchfinder is an epic adventure fantasy that draws
the reader along on a enthralling journey of heroism through colorful
alternate universes, pitting cousin against cousin and human against
fairy as greed threatens to destroy all.
You can read the beginning of
Witchfinder [ here ], and purchase the book on [ Amazon ] and [
Smashwords ].
As a bonus, Witchfinder has an interesting real-world origin: it started out as chapters posted to Sarah A. Hoyt's blog. Hoyt is posting Rogue Magic, Book 2 [ here ].
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