Blood Seek
Toni V. Sweeney
Double Dragon Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-55404-453-5
Fiction, Fantasy
Reviewed by Eugen M. Bacon
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"When the red raw mists
cleared, he was alone. That was how the Mortuaries found him – face down in the
bloody slush where the heat from his body had melted the snow… the black
war-horse standing guard above him…"
This opener more than snapshots the enchantment of The Chronicles of Riven
the Heretic: Blood Seek; a novel utterly impossible to turn aside. From
arresting cover graphics to Toni V. Sweeney’s impeccable approach, her marvel
of beautiful linguistics, brisk humour before a grim mood unearths the
ineffable, fate is sealed by the skill of a Weaver, the position of a loom.
Magic ever present, insight as staggering as the writing is ardent, this
chronicle swiftly journeys tarnished innocence, explosive pairing, love gained…
and lost… in the story of Riven Kan Ingan, a traveler, a young disbeliever, and
the mysterious slave, Bar-Bara. Characters are well defined, intriguing, as
they are charming or odious. As a clandestine Weaver of Lives bends over her
loom, Toni V. Sweeney carves yet another sensation.