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    Maverick
    Maverick
    Maverick
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    Maverick

    By Greg Curtis

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    Maverick is the tale of Marjan, an exiled wizard living alone in the Allyssian forest, who is one day called upon to rescue seven young children and their teacher from a pack of dire wolves.

    Of course no good deed goes unpunished and saving them is merely the begining of his task as he must then escort them to safety in the southern lands, battling armies of dire beasts and the terrible spider queen, on the way.

    But even then, having reached the safety of the elves, he knows a war is comming. Hordes of dire beasts are pouring down from the north, sweeping all before them and sacking the towns in an endless orgy of death and destruction.

    And so a young wizard, exiled from his guild for a past mistake, living among a people he does not understand, bound by personal shame and guild rules that restrict him in his magic, must become a battlemage, a mighty weapon in the war against the north.

    And failure means death.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGreg Curtis
    Release dateNov 22, 2011
    ISBN9781465757043
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    Greg Curtis

    Greg Curtis is the name of a hopelessly boring, middle class, sci fi loving nerd. He was born in New Zealand, land of the long white cloud and small flightless birds and grew up in the city of Wellington, renown for its high winds and the almost magical ability of rain and sleet to be lifted off the street and blasted into one's face. After eighteen years of suffering the cold and wet, he was finally blown away in a particularly bad storm to settle far away as a student at Massey and Otago Universities. He was intered there for more years then most would ever admit to. Then when the universities finally pronounced him done he became an overqualified and underpaid worker in the health sector - aren't we all! Greg has lived in the city of Rotorua, one of the very few places in the world where people have actually chosen to reside beside active geysers and breath air that reeks of sulphur, for the past seventeen years, working by day for his daily bread, and toiling away by night on his books. When not engaged in his great passions of reading and writing science fiction and fantasy, drinking strong black coffee (some call it tar), and consuming copious amounts of chocolate (dark naturally), he lives a quiet life of contemplation as the high priest to his two cats. Greg worships them with regular gifts of food, occasional grooming and by providing them with a warm dry place to sleep. They in turn look down upon him with typical feline disdain, but occasionally deign to bring him gifts of headless vermin - as a warning. In a desperate bid to understand the meaning of his life, he has recently started studying philosophy, particularly metaphysics, and has finally come to a startling conclusion. God must be a cat! Cheers and be good or don't get caught.

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    • 5/5
      This is a great book. Much more than I originally expected.

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    • 4/5
      First off I stayed up way too late last night finishing this book, so if my review is a little shaky, it's because I'm tired today. Maverick, by Greg Curtis, follows the life of an outcast wizard. 10 years after being banished from the Guild, war comes to Marjan's home. Having lived alone in the woods for the past decade, Marjan is drawn into the battles when a child from his hometown shows up on his doorstep pursued by evil beasts. The story then follows Marjan as he is pulled deeper and deeper into the battle and lives of those he saved. Greg Curtis has a natural gift in his ability to create a scene. His attention to detail is wonderful and I felt like I was standing right there with the characters. I also really enjoyed the spells, magic and creatures used throughout the novel. His character development for Marjan was superb, though I would have liked him to flesh out some of the other characters a little more, not necessarily because they were weak, but because I really wanted to know more. That said, some readers may be distracted by occasional editing problems. They were infrequent enough that it didn't bother me, but I tend to be forgiving when the story really grabs me. Well worth the read in my opinion and I'd love to see a prequel to Maverick. He's created some wonderful characters and I'd love to read more about them. Overall, I give Maverick a 3.75 star, but I'll round it to 4 as we can't do partials here. Thanks for the story Mr. Curtis!

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