{"id":33029,"date":"2024-12-01T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=33029"},"modified":"2024-08-31T13:56:45","modified_gmt":"2024-08-31T18:56:45","slug":"twinsieoftheday-the-gathering-dark-quest-of-fire-book-1-by-brett-armstrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=33029","title":{"rendered":"#Twinsieoftheday – The Gathering Dark (Quest of Fire Book 1) by Brett Armstrong"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jason is an expert at running from his past. But when it catches up, he finds himself hiding in a peculiar inn listening to a tale from centuries past.<\/p>\n

The story is Anargen\u2019s, a teen who is pulled from all he loves to follow his oaths of loyalty to the fabled King of the Realms. Together with his mentor, Cinaed, he rides north on a special quest to mediate peace talks between ancient foes\u2014the men of Ecthelowall and the dwarfs of Ordumair. Nothing goes as planned. Many on both sides of the dispute despise Anargen\u2019s Order. Worse, an arcane evil has returned to the North. This \u201cGrey Scourge\u201d seeks to ruin the peace talks and ensure a lost treasure held by the dwarfs is never found by those for whom it is meant.<\/p>\n

As Anargen\u2019s story unfolds, Jason begins to wonder whether it is truly just a fable. He soon finds himself drawn into the conflict Anargen faced. A battle which has shaped and can destroy his world.<\/p>\n

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Review by Brandy<\/p>\n

I received this book for an honest review.<\/p>\n

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This story is good, it just didn’t have me gripping the edge of my seat. The world building is excellent,<\/div>\n
and things were really brought to life for me. There are histories, cultures, myths, and old grudges. If you<\/div>\n
are the type that need a good hook at the very beginning, you may have trouble getting into this one at<\/div>\n
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Jason is trying to get out of a rainstorm when he takes shelter at an inn and gets drawn into a story<\/div>\n
about Anargen. Anargen is a young man who has just become a knight with 3 of his friends when they<\/div>\n
are forced to leave suddenly for a quest that they know little about. The lack of details leads to a lack of<\/div>\n
trust. This lack of trust causes some very unfortunate events. When monsters from children\u2019s stories<\/div>\n
become reality, they must find a way to survive. Past and present collide in a way that by the end I was<\/div>\n
interested in seeing what happens to Jason as he learns that some stories are built on truth no matter<\/div>\n
how fantastical it sounds.<\/div>\n
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There is lots of violence. These boys are fighting for their lives, and the story reflects that. There is no<\/div>\n
adult content, and really very little of a romantic interest. These boys are in too much trouble for that!<\/div>\n
The story does have some references to sword fighting positions and specific pieces of armor. Not<\/div>\n
enough to distract, but I do need to look a couple of words up.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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From an early age, Brett Armstrong had a love for literature and history. At age nine, he combined the two for his first time in a short story set in the last days of the Aztec Empire. After that, writing\u2019s role in his life waxed and waned periodically, always a dream on the horizon, till he reached college. At West Virginia University, he entered the Computer Engineering program and spent two years pursuing that degree before an opportunity to take a creative writing class, for fun, came along. It was so enjoyable, he took another and in that course he discovered two things. The first was the plot for a short story called Destitutio Quod Remissio, which the others students really seemed to love. The second, he realized he absolutely loved writing. For him, it was like the proverbial light bulb coming on. In the years since, describing that epiphany has been difficult for him, but he found the words of 1924 Olympian Eric Liddell are the most eloquent expression for it: \u201cGod made me fast. And when I run, I feel His pleasure.\u201d God gave Brett a passion for writing, and so feels His pleasure when writing.<\/p>\n

After a few years passed, Brett got his Computer Engineering degree, but also completed a minor in each of his real passions: history and creative writing. In 2013, he began graduate school to earn an MA in Creative Writing. During that time he completed the novelization of Destitutio Quod Remissio and entered the 2013-2014 CrossBooks Writing Contest, which won the contest’s grand prize. As of March 2015, Brett completed his MA and is presently employed in the West Virginia Division of Infectious Disease Epidemiology as a programmer analyst.<\/p>\n

Brett lives in Saint Albans, West Virginia, with his beautiful wife, Shelly. In the summer the pair gardens together, and each day Brett continues writing his next novel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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