Saturday, January 22, 2022

"Simple as Time: A Wizard Repairs the Past" by Judy Shank Cyg, William Horn

Kindle Vella cover for "Simple as Time: A Wizard Repairs the Past" by Judy Shank Cyg, William Horn

Current Tags

timereaper, time wizard, holy knights and wizards, tracking evil beast, wizard priest, dragonrider and wizard, plotting time

Categories

Fantasy / Action & Adventure

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Author's Description

Wizard Allen crosses spacetime and the past to track and destroy a timereaper, a nightmare creature that devours events and people who accomplish positive outcomes, including the path that contained his parents. He plots his steps and enlists knights to help him, including one who will create more trouble and assistance than even a time wizard could predict. Dedication, loyalty, and love prove to be more powerful than the best-planned spellcasting. A time wizard rescues the past

Why I Chose it

Though I usually avoid time travel stories (personal preference!), this one has the distinct advantage of being set in a secondary fantasy world, so I'm not expected to automatically know where reality and fantasy diverge. In the first episode, our wizard is assembling a team to fight the terrible beast destroying timelines. You have to love a "gathering the group of people who hate each other" trope!

[Complete at 18 episodes.]

Who Might Like This

If secondary world fantasy involving wizards, (female) knights, and dragons is your thing, check this out!

Unrelated Griping

This isn't really a gripe, but since "what happens in Vella stays in Vella" (ie, there's almost no audience crossover between Vella and books), I've decided to go ahead and release some novels in Vella that I love but don't quite fit with my current brand. I don't know if I'll ever put them in book form, but they fit a serial form reasonably well.

1 comment:

  1. I appreciate your review of my book Simple as Time (first in a series of three, so far). It was a joy to write with my co-plotters, especially "Wizard Allen," or Will Horn. I wondered why this story on Kindle Vella was hit so hard this past month. Now I know! Thanks to you. I turn every completed Kindle Vella story into ebook and paperback on Amazon Kindle, too, after the required 30 days. Will and I dove into the sequel Competition of Time, my favorite of all my stories. Again, thank you for your encouragement!!

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