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Reviewed by Dan

TITLE:    The Last Grand Master

SERIES:   Champion of the Gods #1

AUTHOR:     Andrew Q. Gordon

PUBLISHER:  DSP Publications

LENGTH:     370 Pages

BLURB:

Champion of the Gods: Book One

In a war that shook the earth, the six gods of Nendor defeated their brother Neldin, god of evil. For three thousand years, Nendor and the Seven Kingdoms have known peace and prosperity and Neldin’s evil was nearly forgotten.

But then Meglar, wizard king of Zargon, unleashes the dark magic of the underworld and creates an army of creatures to carry out his master’s will. One by one, the sovereign realms fall as a new war between the gods threatens to engulf Nendor.

Leading the opposition to Meglar is Grand Master Farrell. Young and untried, Farrell carries a secret that could hold the key to defeating Meglar—or it could destroy the world.

Farrell is joined by Nerti, queen of the unicorns and Miceral, an immortal muchari warrior the Six have chosen as Farrell’s mate. As Farrell and his new allies make plans to counter Neldin’s evil, Meglar forces their hand when he invades a neighboring kingdom. Rushing to help their ally, Farrell and Miceral find themselves in the middle of the battle. Cut off from help, Farrell attempts an untried spell that will either turn the tide or cost he and Miceral their lives.

REVIEW:

This is my first Andrew Q. Gordon book and it definitely will not be my last! I picked this book up on a whim when another reviewer had to give up this book and the second one in the series. I am sooooo happy that I did!

First I would like to say that some of the stuff in the blurb above occurs before the actual beginning of this book. It is great background to have. I didn’t really pick up the six gods and didn’t know much about the 7^th, Neldin, although Neldin’s name popped up several times in relation to the evil wizard Meglar.

When this book begins we meet Farrell, the Prince of Haven who is a wizard. Within a few pages he is visited by the god Honorus, first of the gods. Honorus considers Farrell a “favored son” and tells him he must go with a servant of Honorus’ sister Lenore to help with a great need. Honorus also tells him he will find his one true love on the mission. When a unicorn arrives to get him to take him on the mission, he is not at all hesitant to go, as it is a favor to two gods. And did I mention the one true love?

When he and the unicorn, who it turns out is Nerti the queen of the unicorns, arrive at the hidden city of Northhelm, they find it under siege by the minions of the evil wizard Meglar. Only through extreme bravery do Farrell and Nerti fight their way through the enemy army, rescuing a fabled Muchari and his party on the way in. Good thing, since it turns out the Muchari is Miceral who will be Farrell’s one true love.

From there the book gets even better, with huge battles, rescues, evil forces and the growing relationship between Farrell and Miceral. When they are called upon to help an ally against another incursion by the evil wizard Meglar…will they be up for the task? Farrell is strong, but is Meglar stronger?

I really enjoyed this book. I am so happy that book two is already out and I’ll be reviewing it shortly after this current book. I highly recommend this current book to anyone who enjoys a strong fantasy novel, complete with wizards, telepathic unicorns, evil doers and some really well written characters and storylines. I truly felt I was part of the story as I was reading. I honestly could see this book having been written by someone with a huge background in fantasy, someone on the level of Mercedes Lackey. It is very much a mainstream book that just happens to have gay main characters. Great job Mr. Gordon!  I look forward to book two!

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