| Title | : | The Destroyer (The Destroyer, #1) |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 401 |
| Publication | : | First published February 20, 2016 |
But legends can lie.
When Paug and Nadea revive their hero from sleep, his virtue is far from clear.
Is he really their Savior or their Destroyer?
The Destroyer (The Destroyer, #1) Reviews
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The Destroyer
The Destroyer, Book 1
By: Michael-Scott Earle
Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
I really enjoyed this book. I loved the unique characters and plot. The story opens with travelers waking a frail man that's been sleeping for a long time. Come to find out it has been a very, very long time! Like a thousand years! They bring him home with them. He perks up well with food and water because he kicks major a$$ right after that and just keeps getting better! The story bounces between the present and the past as the man starts to remember bits and pieces. It is very exciting and a big clash between the society life of the man and the travelers.
The narrator does an excellent job of making this book extraordinary! -
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My rating is 2.5 stars.
I admit I picked up this ebook because of the cover. (It’s a damn striking cover.) I also liked the description, which promised a light fantasy tale with some mystery thrown in for fun. And, overall, The Destroyer was a decent read. It had a cool premise, an interesting main character, and some funny moments, but there were some problems with the execution.
Everything is just a dream. A stranger drifting through a beautiful world filled with floating, green islands, and while he knows nothing is real, he doesn’t really care since he is at peace. Then it all comes to an end when he is brought back to life!
Once our dreamer awakens, he finds himself surrounded by strangers; a motley group of people speaking an unfamiliar language; their minds filled with feelings of fear as well as hope. The main question they keep bombarding him with whether he is “The O’Baarni.”
One problem: our dreamer has no memory. Of anything. No idea what his name is. No idea who he once was. He could have been a hero who saved the world, or he might have been a villain who destroyed it!
The remainder of the story is a journey of self-discovery as the main character, Kaiyer, slowly begins to regain his memory, understands the strange future world he has returned to, and somehow, someway tries to locate a woman to have sex with! Which brings up the problems with an otherwise entertaining fantasy. (And, yeah, I will address that sex remark in a bit.)
First, all the characters here — except for our awakened warrior — are damn generic as hell and completely one dimensional. You know, we have the “tough girl”, the “feminine girl”, the “old-warrior-past-his-prime”, the “asshole-bully-warrior”, the “wise-old-scholar” and the “young-scholar-who wants-an-adventure.” Worse yet is the fact the last of those people (Paug, the young scholar who awakens our main character) is one of our main view point characters. Problem being that Paug’s story has no actual plot and no character arc of any sort. This guy’s chapters basically being that he really, really hopes Kaiyer is the hero who can save them all and that he desperately wants to be Kaiyer’s bestest friend in the whole wide world. To say Paug’s portions of the novel added nothing to the narrative is an understatement, harsh as that may sound, but, simply put, it accomplished nothing except take page time away from Kaiyer.
Second, this story is set in a medieval type world with magic of the Avatar: The Last Airbender sort (Fire, Water, et cetera). Nothing wrong with that at all. I love medieval settings personally, and I don’t demand what I call “sugar coated popcorn fantasy” to have Brandon Sanderson quality magic systems. Problem here was the author kept introducing modern verbiage (especially curse words), modern conveniences like homes with running water (Sure, it could be magic, but it isn’t explained that way at all.), and never felt any need to explain any of it, assuming a reader would automatically accept medieval people in this place talking and acting in a modern way.
Third, and lastly, the sex. Okay, I’m not averse to some mention of sex in my stories, a few sex scenes if they progress the story, but here there were several chapters devoted to the tintillating. (A little fantasy Fifty Shades if you will.) Sure, the intimate relationship with someone in the past somewhat set up Kaiyer’s motivations and helped flesh out his history, but the details of these sex scenes did more to explain Kaiyer’s constant need to proposition all females for sex than anything else, because though I understood this guy had been in a magical coma for a few centuries and had some urges he wanted to explore, the dude’s use of the line “I’ve been asleep a LONG TIME” grew annoying and reinforced to me again why most women hate stupid pickup lines. Plus it never worked.
I mention all these problems with the book to set up a surprising revelation: I still liked The Destroyer more than I should have. Weird, I know? This raising the real question: Why did I like it?
Simple really: Kaiyer. This awakened warrior’s mysterious past really sparking my interest. The opening chapters with Kaiyer’s revival and reintroduction to the world sucking me into this narrative. His surprising revelations of his past life and what the ancient world looked like keeping me turning the pages hoping to find another flashback in the next chapter. The ancient warrior himself remaining an enigma to the very end; the real reason for his entombment in a forgotten crypt unrevealed, demanding I buy the next book to uncover the answer.
To sum up, The Destroyer had more than its fair share of issues, but somehow, someway I enjoyed the evolving exploration of Kaiyer’s revival and restoration. Not sure if others would be able to say the same, but I personally am glad I gave the book a try, might even pick up the next volume in the series. -
Nothing you haven't seen before but great characters, action and use of flashbacks. Finally, someone who acknowledges that Elves are sick, sadistic and evil bastards all around.
A little more sexy time in a fantasy novel than I'm used to. I take my Kindle to work and was not ready for a work time boner. What if someone saw? -
This is a very difficult book to rate because the good parts are brilliant, the bad are awful... still, I guess the fact that I devoured it in 2 days means that it deserves the 4 stars.
Awoken from his hundreds of years of slumber, our hero (or is he a hero? ) finds himself with hardly any memory in a new world that is attacked by his old enemy.
Not knowing his past makes not just his companions but us guess too. Is he a monster? Is he a good man? Hard to say. He definitely has some charm with the women which is also a big source of his old and new conflicts as he slowly starts to remember his past.
Unfortunately we're also given all the juicy details about his sex life which really isn't my favourite part in any book.
My other pet peeve, all the women in the story are beautiful, slim and attractive.
Grammar, spelling and punctuation is far from perfect - I'm really sad to see that happening so often. Self-publishing brings us great stories but in poor execution.
Editing would've been needed here too. Too many unnecessary descriptions of forests, gardens and food - the latter was so obsessive, I'm inclined to think the author is either a wanna-be chef or on some strict diet.
A good editor could've helped to flesh out the characters better too, most are standard archetypes with little personality going for them.
Despite of all the complaints above, I find the story quite intriguing to want to read more, there seem to be some nice twists happening. -
This book has some problems. First, it is full of anachronisms. It takes place in a medieval world, yet they have things like socks, sandwiches, bathtub drains/plugs, and modern curse words. Next, the magic system isn't very creative. If you have seen any Avatar: The Last Airbender, then you will recognize the magic here.
So what is this book about? Well, an ancient warrior is awoken from a magical sleep and then spends the rest of the book trying to get laid. There is a war he is supposed to be helping with, but mainly he just wants to have sex. He asks every woman he meets if she will have sex with him, and he has flashbacks of his former life in which he remembers all the sex he had. The end. Oddly enough, however, for a book that is obsessed with sex, there isn't as much in here as you might imagine.
Also, every fight scene in this book is from an ambush. People will be hanging out, talking about getting laid, and all of the sudden there will be bad guys coming out of nowhere trying to kill them. This happens a lot. A few times it is the good guys that ambush the bad guys but, if a fight is going to happen, someone is going to be unaware of it until the last second.
None of the characters really had a distinctive enough voice for me to identify with them (or just plain identify them). There are two main girls so I just started thinking about them as "tough girl" and "not tough girl". Then there is "guy who carries an axe" and "nerdy guy". Oh yeah, lets not forget about "asshole guy", who is an asshole in every scene he is in. That's about the extent of the character's personalities. -
I read most of this book in one sitting. I like the unusual concept this book has taken. I still don't know if the hero of this story is the good guy or something else. This book starts with our hero being awakened from a long, long sleep (and I do mean LONG, LONG sleep). The group of people that awakened him tell him they think he is someone called B'naari. As the story moves forward, our hero has his doubts. They want him to teach them how to fight the Ancients. The story is well-written, extremely descriptive. Be aware there are explicit sexual scenes in this story, but I glossed over them, they really do nothing to move the story along. There is also minor swearing, but I don't mind that. I look forward to reading the next book in the series.
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Free for nook.
The cover is gorgeous; as for the summary...it was going well until I read the last sentence:
"... Is he really their Savior or their Destroyer?"
Sheesh, I'm hardly ever in the mood for trick questions.
*Scratches head. Reads title again*
It's a mystery!
Jokes aside, I'm really interested in reading this book. -
I really enjoyed this fantasy novel. An ancient warrior who freed the human race from the slavery of elves is awakened from a millennium-long slumber to deal with them again. He's angry, amnesiac, and more than a little horny.
I appreciate anything which involves ancient indestructible warlords doing battle against elves that he's genocidal against. It pretty much brings a lot of Skyrim flashbacks back when my Dragonborn wore his Daedric army and engaged in a one-man campaign to annihilate the racial-purity spouting fantasy Nazis.
Most of the book consists of our protagonist slowly remembering the people who eventually betrayed him and locked him up as well as his issues with having sex with any other woman other than his former mistress. The fact he no longer has this problem AT ALL in the future is a source of humor for me. The supporting cast is a bit stock but the protagonist works great. This is the kind of book you just want to sit back and enjoy for an afternoon's read.
This is an indie novel which really managed to immerse me in the world and I don't have much else to say about it other than I bought the next novel immediately after. It's just enjoyable and that's something that doesn't need anything else to say about it.
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The Destroyer by Michael-Scott Earle is a riveting and bloody tale of sword and sorcery. The human race is being plagued and enslaved by sadistic, murderous elves and a group of people set out on a journey to find the savior of mankind. Their mission is to locate and wake The O’Baarni, a legendary warrior of old who defeated the armies of the Ancient - the Elven - who has been tucked away in a magically-induced sleep for thousands of years. Upon awakening a man they thought to be the one they seek, Kaiyer suffers severe amnesia and cannot remember who he is or where he came from. As the adventure continues, Kaiyer begins to regain bits and pieces of his past, as well as his strength and magical abilities, leaving us to question whether he is in fact the hero they need or the villain that will destroy all?
I really enjoyed this book and found the adventure to be both fun and amusing, regardless of its darker nature. The non-stop action and breakneck pace forced me to blow through these pages at an alarming speed and left me immediately wanting more. The one thing I love the most about this story is Kaiyer’s character and development - he’s akin to a clueless child whose hand you have to hold so he doesn’t wander off into trouble, but at the same time so indomitable and just completely obliterates any opposition in very amusing, imaginative and bloody ways. Watching his character evolve throughout was quite entertaining. We’re left at a cliffhanger ending with lots of threads just waiting to come together, and I definitely plan on picking up the next book in The Destroyer series to continue the adventure.
Warning: this book is very sexually explicit - Kaiyer has his mind set on sleeping with any and all women - aaand his plans always crumble. Just let the man get some, for crying out loud. That is all. -
I really enjoyed reading this book. This is a great opening gambit by an exciting new author. It is a story of war and love (or actually, sex), so it has strong foundations. And set in a rich fantasy world with evil elves, complex histories, and great characters, there is lots to enjoy. There were some aspects I was a touch less keen on, but they didn’t detract from the core of the book.
Set in a medieval fantasy world, this story focusses on Kaiyer. Woken from a deep sleep by a group who hope that he is in fact the O’Baarni, a legendary warrior who defeated the armies of the Ancients (who are in fact elves), this group hope that he can rid the world of a resurgent Ancient army. But is he really the O’Baarni? As his memory returns, so do his talents, but can he overcome this new threat?
I thought that this was a really interesting idea. The use of elves is common in fantasy, but here they are proper bastards who have actually enslaved the human race. Nice. And they’re great characters too. They are elves without even having to think too hard about it. They just feel like elves.
We also have some great lead characters, and not necessarily just our protagonist – in fact, I still can’t actually decide if I like Kaiyer or not. Greykin is a great character, developing nicely as the story goes on, and Nadea makes for a great love interest. In fact, the “love dynamics” are great fun to read in themselves. Nicely done.
Then there is the world. It largely parodies a “regular” medieval fantasy world, not making strides to be hugely different. But that’s not a problem. This book isn’t about complex geography after all! And indeed, the world is well thought out, unique to its purpose, and has enough depth to keep you engaged. I might grumble a little bit that in the end, the ultimate “threat-thread” was (at least in part) an enemy who were until the end not explored, but that is a small point. Overall this is a complex world that is presented to the reader in a pleasing way.
And a core basis for this story is the “dual” narrative we have (it’s actually a three-way narrative, but I’ll come onto that later). The dual story of “past and present” Kaiyer is worked really well, and the sporadic exposure to the past (finding out in convenient bits) is setup excellently. In fact, Kaiyer’s past does sound very interesting, and though we see a lot of it, I want to read more! But I’m sure further details are hidden in the later books for those who read on.
So, overall this is a great book that I enjoyed reading. But was there anything that appealed less? Well, there were a few things that I think it’s worth mentioning.
I mentioned that this was about war and sex. But is there actually too much sex? Our protagonist is a bit obsessed with sex, and though there are only actually two sex scenes (I think), it felt like it was littered throughout – mainly because Kaiyer was always thinking about it. Now I can appreciate that having been locked away for such a long time one might become a bit obsessed, but for my taste it seemed a bit “much” in places.
The multi first-person angle is a bit strange for me, too. As mentioned above, I liked past and present Kaiyer, but the addition of Paug didn’t make sense to me. He’s not a strong enough character to hold his own weight, and he felt more like a convenient pair of eyes – we might have been better with Nadea for instance. And multi first-person is just a bit jarring. I don’t think I’ve seen it before. In third-person this would have been fine, but in first?
Then there’s Kaiyer. Now, this is a good story overall, and I would be keen to read on, but I do wonder whether perhaps Kaiyer is just a bit too … invincible. I never really doubted that he would succeed. I’m sure there are greater challenges ahead, but it does mean that any dangerous tension with respect Kaiyer is a bit absent. Sexual tension there is lots of! But threatening tension? Not so much.
This also made the fight scenes a bit mechanical. They are clever for sure, but it felt a touch text-book rather than prose.
But nonetheless, this is a great introduction to a really interesting concept, and I look forward to reading on. And indeed, this is a really well written book too. I don’t recall seeing anything that stood out as unprofessional, and it all seemed pretty tight as a piece of work. The language was easy to follow and dialogue seemed to flow pretty well, so all in all, it was a pretty easy read. All in all, a great success.
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YES! YES!
I love everything about this book!
Here we have:
1) A main charachter who is a mega warrior awaken after hundreds of years to help fighting this race of super evil cretures, the Elvens. Finally a protagonist who's not a whiny little b who doesn't want to kill or has ethical dilemmas for the entire duration of the book but instead is a super badass warrior who destroys his enemies with great pleasure using both pure violence and magic. He's also a smartass sometimes and knows ho to lead people even tho he doesn't really want to be a leader but he does it because of his goal to completely erase from the face of earth his enemies, the Elvens. Oh, he also gets the girls. And he is actually a real complex carachter who you end up caring about. He is made more interesting because of his memory loss but I don't want to spoil too much.
2) Lots of mistery!!! Who is the o'Baarni?? Who are the ancients?? Who is the Destroyer?? Some of these misteries are solved at the end of the book, some others will have to wait....
3) Battles, wars, love stories, sex (really graphic sex), friendships, action, I'm done writing this review I have to go read the second book, and you, what are you waiting for?? Read this book right now!!!! -
Nicely written with good characterization though I thought descriptions a bit excessive slowing the pace. The plot is very interesting.
The sexual elements were graphic, but the sexual tension did establish the protagonist's character. I thought the sexual aspects somewhat excessive for the story.
The source of magic and human extreme development were never explained damaging the credibility for me. Also, the story ends with most of the threads still hanging. A book should have a beginning and an end coming to some conclusion. While I realize this is a series, I didn't like the way so much was left hanging. -
Disclaimer: I read this book with the claim in mind that it was "better than Brent Weeks," as was advertised to me on Facebook. My findings do not align with that claim.
The premise of this book was decently interesting. An ancient, magically enhanced, comatose man who defeated a superior race is awakened to once again defeat said superior race. Except his memories trickle back through a series of flashbacks, filling us in on what really happened in the past and how it aligns with today's legends.
I will admit, I thought it had a slow start. As I recall, I didn't really start to feel a strong sense of conflict until about 20-25% into the book, and in my opinion that should happen sooner. After about the first 90-100 pages I felt like it picked up a bit and got more interesting.
I thought the romance between Kaiyer and his love interest was described perfectly in one flashback (I'll omit details for spoilers' sake). It was almost an after-the-fact summary, and we were able to feel his emotions from that one experience. And then Earle backtracked and described in vicious detail all the various titillations of body parts in an unneeded and unwanted sex scene. I thought that this ruined the effect he had achieved in the previous flashback of their romance expressed in so few words. And then we were in the clear for most of the book only to be ambushed by yet another sex scene with questionable writing.
As much as I tried, I could never get into Paug's story line and often wondered why he was a POV. What are his motives? As far as I could discern, he wanted to travel and be important. I don't think he was a bad character, I just think he was a bad POV character. His sections mainly served to tell the story of other people, and when it turned to him alone it lacked substance. It did have a turn for the better close to the end, but I don't think all the pages put into it before then were worth it.
The magic was ill-defined and opportunistic. Kaiyer can heal broken bones and gaping wounds in mere moments, but it takes an annoyingly long time for it to get over poison. No explanation for this was offered and it was obviously only thrown in to add tension to a scene and make him seem less all-powerful than he had theretofore seemed. There was another scene where he was freezing to death, but the magic didn't save him. What is the extent of this seemingly endless but not endless healing?
The prose itself was somewhat erratic. Part of the time, Earle painted the scene with flowing, purply prose (often when describing food or clothes), and the rest of the time, no attempt at impressive prose was made, instead going with simplistic "tell don't show" verbiage. I guess I'm trying to say that I found the inconsistent voice a bit irritating and thought it could have used some more cleaning up in editing. But some would say that's par for the course in self publishing. And sometimes the narrators just said things out of character. I can't really believe Kaiyer when he says, "[I hurt] like I had been crucified with a bolt of lightning," because he hasn't said anything like that the rest of the book.
With the climax of the book and having read the first chapter of book 2, I get the feeling that book 2 is better. But with the threat of more incongruous prose, over-detailed sex scenes, and characters that lack motive, I'm afraid I'll have to pass. -
READ THIS SERIES!!!!
Do it! Buy this book, or get your hands on it by any means possible.
I've read many fantasy and adventure novels, it's one of my favorite genres. I truly believe that this series is one of the best I've ever read. As some others have said, it's a little on the darker side. There are some heavy topics covered. I think that this book is fine for adults and upper teens. I might suggest some parental guidance if the reader is on the younger side. The whole series though? If the reader isn't mature enough to watch "Game Of Thrones" then I wouldn't suggest they read this series. I've read the first three books in less than a week. I have to wait a month to read the final book, and I've already preordered it. There are very few books that have made me as excited as this one. Frankly, I'm surprised it's free. Thank the Lord though because I'm a sucker for a good deal. The 2nd and 3rd books are fairly cheap as well, and oh so worth it!
The book itself isn't that much of a mystery. Yeah, the synopsis is like "is he their savior or destroyer" or something like that. We all kinda know where the author is going with that. He leaves some pretty obvious foreshadowing in the first chapters as well. Nevertheless, this book, no, this series continues to surprise me.
I could not put this book down, nor any of the others in this series. The story isn't terribly unique, a lot of fantasy novels I've read include a hero/anti-hero. The delivery however, is wonderfully executed. It's what made this book and the others in the series so hard to stop reading. In fact, I dreaded the end to each book so much, I did exactly what I didn't want to do, put it down. Though I wanted to finish each book and add one more piece to this seemingly simple puzzle, the dread of having to wait to see the full picture actually drove me away from reading it. Not for long though.
This series and book are deceptively simple. It's not simple though, trust me. There have been so many times that I've gasped in surprise by twists the author has laid out for us readers.
The layout of the book is something I've come to really appreciate as well. It's crafted in such a way that you get pieces of information of our hero/anti-hero's past, his current predicament, and a perspective of our hero/anti-hero from a character close to him. I really enjoyed this layout, it's one of the best I've ever read when it comes to protagonists with memory loss. I truly felt as if I wasn't missing out on anything when I switched points of view because each section was relevant to the story and was interesting enough to grab my attention.
I don't want to say too much because I love this book to the point where I don't want to risk spoiling something this special for others. This author is going on my watch list because missing out on another masterpiece like this might just be a sin.
I'm interested in hearing about what others thought of this book and/or the series. I hope some inspired readers out there take the time to read this book and come to appreciate it as much as I do. -
This book was a different take on the Elven/Human relationship. Every single book that I have read, the Elves have been portrayed as good or neutral to the humans. So it was refreshing to finally read the Elven as Evil. 100% evil.
I will admit, I didn’t like Kaiyer, at all, when he was first woken up in the tomb by Paug, Nadea, Greykin, Iarin and Jessmei. But he grew on me and by the time that they got to Nia, I actually liked him. He had a strong sense of right, wrong and that gray area in between. Plus, he didn’t have a filter. At all.
What I didn’t like was the fact that he was trying to have sex with every single female he sets his sights on. Nadea, Jessmei and various servants/ladies maids….they were all game for him. It was kind of a turnoff for me considering that in his memories, he was in love with someone and didn’t even look at other women (or men).
The storyline was great, though. 5 heros go to awaken a being who can help them defeat The Ancients (aka the Elves)….the O’Baarni. But because of Kaiyer’s memory issues, we don’t know if he is the O’Baarni or not.
The ending was a cliffhanger and we all know how I feel about them. It was not the ending that I thought it was going to be and it was a bit disappointing. I actually put down my Kindle and swore. That’s how badly the cliffhanger was. And the events leading up to the end made my head spin. I wanted to scream”Nooooo” at one point. If you have read the book, you know why.
How many stars will I give The Destroyer? 4 1/2
Why? Because of Kaiyer and his damned preoccupation on getting laid (to be blunt). I honestly thought that the author was going to go one way with that and then, well, he didn’t. And it made me mad….lol.
Will I reccomend it to family and friends? Yes
Will I reread it? Yes
Age range? Adult on up. There is some explicit sexual content (very explicit to be honest) and some really explicit violent scenes where people are killed in, well, some very imaginative ways.
Disclaimer: I received The Destroyer by Michael-Scott Earle for free from Michael-Scott Earle for my honest review. All opinions stated in this review are mine and mine alone. -
This was a unique story line, which I enjoyed very much. I can’t see how a 400-page book could leave such an unfinished ending. I look forward to reading the next book in the series so I can see what is going to happen to Kaiyer and the king’s daughter.
Michael-Scott Earle writes well, the sexual content was unexpected, but it did not take away from the story.
I recommend this book to a mature audience. I was given this book in exchange for an honest review -
Everything and more.
Wow what a fantastic story. The main character is just unbelievably awesome, a real dark hot killer but with a loyal heat of gold. Just the right amount of hot and steamy romance that will have your heart racing and leave you wanting more. -
The Destroyer
A work of brilliant and incredible writing talent in the book of fantasy. The character come to life as the story continues. If you can't tell I simply loved it, and if you enjoy the fantasy realm you will too, get it today. -
WOW!!!!
I don't know what to say, besides that I'm amazed. I absolutely love this book. I haven't read such a good book in a while now, and now I'm just... WOW!!!
Book ends in so many mysteries and unanswered questions that it's impossible not to read the next one to see what happens.
I love the whole fantasy world the author created. Almost all other books start with the same beginning. In this one, the awakening of The O'Baarni, and his experience and memory loss.
Maybe is kinda exaggerated by how fast he learns their language, but hey! Maybe he's just too smart!
I also love how all aspects of Kaiyer's personality are balanced; I found him very interesting person to observe. Just like a little kid - just running after girls, not toys. -
I'm giving this one 4-stars because I admit to having skim-read one or two sections owing to their sexually explicit nature.
It is worthy of 4-stars for the way it is presented on Kindle. It was free when I downloaded it and it has short chapters with attractive font-headings. I can tell that a great deal of thought and effort went into this book's creation, so to give it away free must have hurt the author at the time. What writers suffer in order to boost their work's chances of getting noticed, "sigh".
Basically, a group of people go in search of a powerful being in order to help their people against the Elven race that has enslaved humanity. Can they trust this legendary being to help? or will he turn out to be equally as dangerous as the Elvens themselves?
As I have already said, this book is sexually explicit. Mind you, if you had just woken up from a-thousand-year-slumber, you too might be feeling a little, 'randy', lol. The main character himself is rather overly powerful, but there's so much scope for what could and might happen that I can overlook this, for the time being. Kaiyer is slowly awakening to who he really is and what he is capable of doing. He has inhuman strength and stamina and latent magical ability. He is a very formidable adversary. If he can't defeat his enemies with might or magic, then he can always fall back on his testosterone-fueled lust and shag it to death! Lol.
I mostly enjoyed this read and would recommend it to people who like erotica in their fantasy. I will be continuing with the series when I find a safe route out from beneath my TBR mountain! Give The Destroyer a try, it's free! -
I liked The Destroyer series, but I wasn't blown away by Book 1. It starts a little slow, but in later books the author raises it a notch and really gets into the world building and expounding on the back story. I'd recommend sticking with it even if you're only a neutral by the end of book 1.
It gets a bit graphic - thought I was reading Jean M. Auel's Clan of the Cave Bears there for a bit! Andrea has a great review here, I'd agree with what she says about the good parts being good and the bad parts bad.
Overall it's a good fantasy series, kept me turning the pages and immediately buying the next book. I will be watching out for more by Michael-Scott Earle. -
A very entertaining book highly recommended
A mixed band of characters set out on a perilous journey in search of the "The O'Baarni" a mystical legendary warrior to help them fight the "Ancients", what follows is a quality read which grips the reader from the first page and does not release you until the last.
With an annoying ending which is left open for a sequel that I have already bought and cannot wait to read.
The action is virtually non stop a real page turner but WARNING for younger and easily shocked readers contains graphic violence throughout and some no holds barred sex scenes too.
