Title: Legends Lost Tesnayr
Author: Nova Rose
Publisher: Createspace
ISBN: 615624049
Pages: 210, Paperback/Kindle
Genre: Fantasy
Reviewed by: Lisa Brown-Gilbert, Pacific Book Review
Book Review
Legends Lost Tesnayr is the second book in a trilogy penned by author Nova Rose aka author Janet McNulty; this book falls into the expansive genre of fantasy. Written much like a typical fantasy novel this book contains many of the same characters and themes that are ever present in novels of this genre. The major theme in this story is basically Good vs. Evil. Tesnayr being the good underdog has to find a way to defeat the evil, violent, strong hordes of Orcs before they destroy the five kingdoms.As for the characters in this story there are many of the usual characters found in fantasy novels such as; a talking cat named Turyn, who becomes an invaluable ally during the course of the story, sorceress Ernayn who offers advice and help to the story’s hero and a talking unicorn that gives a gift of protection to a young princess just as he gave to her mother prior. There is the queen of Dragons – Selexia, she breathes fire, talks and because Tesnayr once saved her life, she is indebted to Tesnayr and is on hand to save the day for the story’s hero. And there is a grumpy wizard who likes to indulge in drinking a little too much but does become quite an ally to Tesnayr. Also abound in the story are fairies, elves, the use of magic and plenty of villainous Orcs.
From a land destroyed by the Orcs, Tesnayr escapes from a slave ship during a storm and manages to survive the storm and somehow makes it to shore of the nearby kingdom of Sym’Dul barely alive. He is found by Nigilin on the beach and he proceeds to take him home to nurse him back to good health. While Tesnayr makes a new life in Sym’Dul he becomes good friends with Nigilin. He survives by performing odd jobs in the community. Tesnayr keeps the memories of his brutal past bottled up making him somewhat mysterious to those around him. Longing for a quiet life he almost succeeds until the Orcs destroy what he builds in Sym’Dul which then sends Tesnayr on a mission of vengeance against the reviled Orcs. Tesnayr builds his own army of volunteers and takes on the daunting task of uniting the five warring kingdoms in the land to help fight their common enemy of the Orcs. Tesnayr’s journey to vengeance against the Orcs is the stuff that legends are made of and Tesnayr is the epitome of a fantasy hero – he is dark, brooding and tough as nails and on a mission of vengeance.
While this story overall is a good fantasy story and the fight scenes are engaging to read there are some issues with this book; there are some minor editing errors that involve misspellings. Also the chapter numbers do not appear in a consistent manner. The story itself is drawn out in many parts of the book making it difficult to read on because the story drags and this is quite a large book. Additionally there is nothing new or different about this fantasy book, as matter of fact it mirrors a lot of the first books in this particular trilogy; Lost Legends Amborese except the characters have different names; with that said I recommend this book if you are really a big fan of fantasy, this may be the book for you.
