The Enemy of an Enemy Lost Tales of Power Book 1 eBook Vincent Trigili
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Vydor is riding a wave of success, but now his ship, the Dragon Claw, is being sent to investigate a mysterious event deep within the Empire’s space. A secret research colony has fallen silent and the forces sent to investigate were never heard from again.
A new enemy has come to the Empire bringing with it dark powers that were abandoned long before the Empire was born. Powers that were thought to be legends and myths.
It's up to Vydor to keep this force at bay and protect the Empire, but it may come at the cost of his faith and shake the foundations of the Empire itself.
The Lost Tales of Power is an open-ended series of Sci-Fi/Fantasy books set in a vast multiverse featuring a mixture of traditional fantasy and science fiction elements.
Lost Tales Series
Volume I - The Enemy of an Enemy
Volume II - The Academy
Volume III - Rise of Shadows
Volume IV - Resurgence of Ancient Darkness
Volume V - The Sac’a’rith
Volume VI - Spectra’s Gambit
Volume VII - Sac'a'rith Rebirth
Volume VIII – Mage Hunter
Volume IX – The Cerulean Mines
Volume X and beyond - TBA
The Enemy of an Enemy Lost Tales of Power Book 1 eBook Vincent Trigili
I only got to page 99 before I had to relieve my feelings about this book.The writing is terrible. Like wood, dead wood, but not interesting dead wood that can catch your eye with its fascinating shapes and textures. No, this is like a downed tree limb blocking a path. It's too wet and pulpy to be useful for firewood, but no where near breaking apart to nourish the ground. The dialogue is particularly bad - at one point I wondered if it was deliberate and intended to indicate that none of the characters were speaking their native language. But that would require a greater facility with the craft of writing fiction than the book otherwise demonstrates.
There's no emotional engagement. Even when the MarySue ^w protagonist is describing an incident in which he could have burned to death, it doesn't read at all like an actual thing that happened to him, and more like a point on an outline, "put in the part where I, I mean he, almost died to demonstrate my, I mean his, astounding mental control."
Oh, and up until page 99 there are also no women. Well, except for the throwaway paragraph about his screaming mother carrying him out of the fire. And, a nurse at the hospital (she's a "nice, older woman." Who says the author is weak on characterization?) Yes, he's on a military starship, but later we see a (very) few women with military positions, so it's not that the military is all male. I don't know, maybe this gets explained later, and yes, Tolkien, but Tolkien could actually write, so. . . Anyway, basically no women. Which, if you like that sort of thing, that's fine. But at this point it just seems like shoddy world-building.
I could go on, oh, how I could go on. Like the part where the protagonist, who has no training in magic, picks up a magic wand and can instantly use it. Or the part where, with no combat experience, he comes up with a strategy that astounds the space marines, a strategy that he'd learned from a video game.
Yeah, that probably tells you everything you need to know about this book.
It's free, so if value the craft of writing and you're looking for a good hate-read, or if you're a member of the author's family and you really want to support him in this writing thing, by all means pick up a Kindle copy.
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The Enemy of an Enemy Lost Tales of Power Book 1 eBook Vincent Trigili Reviews
4.5 stars
Right from the start The Enemy of an Enemy gripped me. The start shows a man racing to warn the Empire as his final move in a losing battle. Instead we see him fail to get there and instead appear to be mind-controlled by one of the attackers into reporting a message of their choosing.
The rest of the story is told from the pov of a young officer who is trying desperately to prove himself to his peers. Vydor's career seems to be about to end poorly when he's assigned what is secretly termed a suicide mission to infiltrate this now hostile planet where an unknown enemy with superior weaponry, etc is stationed.
By chapter 4 there was no stopping me. I stayed up as late as I could stand to read this. Then I was up the next morning and after making sure the kids were set, it was right back into the book all morning.
The pacing of the events, the action, the different layers was perfect. I never felt rushed, or confused, or like it was TOO much. But the story didn't let me go. Something new and intriguing was always right around the corner and I HAD to know.
Near the end(think in the 80% area) there was a lull where it'd been a year since the last chapter and there was a lot of describing the ship and all of its areas, then slowly getting to the staging area for the grand battle. That point is where I'd say I docked half a star. The last 15% or so didn't quite measure up to the standard of the rest of the book.
I wish there'd been less of the mundane "here's every room of the ship, now we're going to meet with this fleet" and stuff like that I just wanted to skim over. But I also think the Great War could've used more expansion in place of the build up to it, and the ending was abrupt.
I like to have time to wind down and have the here's where we go from here, celebration and general stuff like that at the end, after the climax. Now that I'm writing this, it's clicking what my issue was. Basically the wind down happened BEFORE the climax and then there was nothing after the climax. The wrap up slowed down the trek to the climax instead of building up to it, and then after the climax there was just a brief paragraph or two and it didn't feel satisfactory.
But overall, the story, the characters, the plot, the mysteries, the reveals, all of that was so amazing that this definitely was a hit for me. Yes, this is space fantasy, not sci-fi, but I loved it. Really well done and I'll be reading the next book. (because I still need to figure out what's in that book Vydor had)
Wizards, pointy hats. Staffs, spells. In Space. It was free, so Thank You, but honestly....I'm at a loss here. Perhaps it was meant for 8-12 year olds, if that's the case, my apologies for writing this, but there's nothing in the description that indicate that.
The thing I liked most about this read was the progression of the characters. While not quite adhoc, they did come together from various backgrounds.
What I would have liked to see more, and may develop in future volumes, would be a little more background of the characters weaved into their identities. I can take at face value that they were identified by the Empire as possessing certain qualities, which explains how they came together, but a little more personal background would better connect me with each character. Where were they born, what did they do to get the attention of the empire, were they conscripted or did they volunteer, etc.
While the absence of these details does not diminish the quality or entertainment of the narrative, I think the inclusion would certainly contribute to it.
Again, for me, this was an interesting AND entertaining read.
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EMatthews
I only got to page 99 before I had to relieve my feelings about this book.
The writing is terrible. Like wood, dead wood, but not interesting dead wood that can catch your eye with its fascinating shapes and textures. No, this is like a downed tree limb blocking a path. It's too wet and pulpy to be useful for firewood, but no where near breaking apart to nourish the ground. The dialogue is particularly bad - at one point I wondered if it was deliberate and intended to indicate that none of the characters were speaking their native language. But that would require a greater facility with the craft of writing fiction than the book otherwise demonstrates.
There's no emotional engagement. Even when the MarySue ^w protagonist is describing an incident in which he could have burned to death, it doesn't read at all like an actual thing that happened to him, and more like a point on an outline, "put in the part where I, I mean he, almost died to demonstrate my, I mean his, astounding mental control."
Oh, and up until page 99 there are also no women. Well, except for the throwaway paragraph about his screaming mother carrying him out of the fire. And, a nurse at the hospital (she's a "nice, older woman." Who says the author is weak on characterization?) Yes, he's on a military starship, but later we see a (very) few women with military positions, so it's not that the military is all male. I don't know, maybe this gets explained later, and yes, Tolkien, but Tolkien could actually write, so. . . Anyway, basically no women. Which, if you like that sort of thing, that's fine. But at this point it just seems like shoddy world-building.
I could go on, oh, how I could go on. Like the part where the protagonist, who has no training in magic, picks up a magic wand and can instantly use it. Or the part where, with no combat experience, he comes up with a strategy that astounds the space marines, a strategy that he'd learned from a video game.
Yeah, that probably tells you everything you need to know about this book.
It's free, so if value the craft of writing and you're looking for a good hate-read, or if you're a member of the author's family and you really want to support him in this writing thing, by all means pick up a copy.
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