Review– Kaleb Nation’s Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse
Fourteen-year-old Bran Hambric lives in the City of Dunce, a vast metropolis where magic is against the law, mages are criminals and gnomes are outlaws. At the age of six, Bran was found locked inside a bank vault with no memory of his past. Adopted by an unwilling banker and his family, Bran wonders where he came from, one night, a maddened creature appears, raving about Bran’s mother and a long-dormant plot to which Bran is the key. Bran’s mother was a criminal, and her crime was magic. She developed a terrible curse, and her former masters are searching for Bran. What they haven’t bargained for, however, is that Bran turns out to be a mage himself. Discovering his new powers, the truth about his past, and the horrible role he is expected to play in finishing his mother’s curse, Bran is thrown into high-stakes and high-tension adventure. Does he dare to trust Astara, the mysterious girl from a bookshop that’s more than it seems, or befriend Polland, a gnome in hiding, or leave behind Rosie, the only woman who has ever been kind to him?
Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse does not disappoint. Debut novelist Kaleb Nation has a fascinating, original take on fantasy adventure, and the choice between good and evil. This promising and rewarding first novel is sure to be a hit with fantasy readers of all ages.
Want to win the autographed advance review copy pictured above?* Here’s How:
You must have a Twitter account. Everyone who is following me on Twitter by 8PM EST on Sept 1 is entered to win. You can have a SECOND ENTRY if you retweet the contest. I’ll choose a winner at random on Twitter at 9PM EST on September 1.
The winner should DM or email me their address ASAP and I’ll mail the book via Priority Mail the next day. Sorry, you must be living in the U.S. to win!
I’m going to have a bunch of similar contests over the next few months. Contest #2 will be for an autographed advance reader copy of Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld.
*Gnome not included. However, a limited edition signed rejected book cover Knightley bookmark made friends with Kaleb’s title page, so it comes along as an added bonus.
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