by Roy Huff
BOOK DESCRIPTION
“Potentially one of the greatest YA sagas of recent decades."
Owen Sage is the emblematic college freshman at Easton Falls University. With all the worries about his first year in college, he was not prepared for what would happen next. His way of life was flipped upside down when he mysteriously crossed into another dimension, into the beautiful land of Everville. His excitement was abruptly halted when he discovered that there was a darkness forged against both the natural world, which he knew well, and the new land which he discovered, Everville. He must devise a plan to save both worlds while joining forces with the race of Fron and The Keepers, whom both harbor hidden secrets he must learn in order to gain power over the evil that dwells in The Other In Between.
With a race against time to save both worlds, his short time at Easton Falls
did not quite prepare him for the evil, dark forces he must fight in order to
conquer The Other In Between.
AUTHOR BIO
Roy Huff is the author of Amazon's #1 international bestselling epic fantasy novel, Everville: The First Pillar. This is the first installment in the remarkable Everville series which combines elements of epic fantasy and young adult fiction in a form that nearly anyone will enjoy reading, young or old. He is a man of many interests including but not limited to science, traveling, movies, the outdoors, and of course writing teen and young adult fantasy fiction. He holds five degrees in four separate disciplines including liberal arts, history, secondary science education, and geoscience. Roy Huff's background includes work in art, history, education, business, real-estate, economics, geoscience, and satellite meteorology. He was born on the East Coast but has spent more than half his life in Hawaii, where he currently resides and writes his epic fantasy sagas.
REVIEWS
5.0 out of 5 stars An
exciting and original series opener
March 11, 2013
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This is definitely an excellent opener to a new fantasy
series. I was immediately happy to discover that the author wasted no time
getting to the interesting stuff. Rather than wading through pages and pages of
setup, the author assumes his readers are intelligent enough to make the proper
connections, and I appreciated that. Often what bores me with fantasy novels is
the way the authors feel the need to over examine every detail of their world,
and Roy Huff doesn't do this.
I liked the way the normal world and the imagined world were intertwined and thought the main character was refreshing. Lately I haven't found many fantasy novels with truly likeable characters. I liked that this one was young, energetic and although uncertain, quickly became a good hero. I would think this novel would be of particular interest to the younger crowd, but I don't see a reason why an adult wouldn't enjoy it as well. I found this to be very good as a whole and would certainly recommend it to others. This looks to be a very promising series.
I liked the way the normal world and the imagined world were intertwined and thought the main character was refreshing. Lately I haven't found many fantasy novels with truly likeable characters. I liked that this one was young, energetic and although uncertain, quickly became a good hero. I would think this novel would be of particular interest to the younger crowd, but I don't see a reason why an adult wouldn't enjoy it as well. I found this to be very good as a whole and would certainly recommend it to others. This looks to be a very promising series.
There have been a lot
of books where evil waged war with good, but in my opinion, this one pulled it
off better than most.
5.0 out of 5 stars A
Fresh Story February 11, 2013
By Barry Sharpe
Format:Kindle
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Roy Huff is a new face on the scene. As a storyteller, he is
to be admired. Everville is complete fantasy, reminding one occasionally of The
Hobbit. It is basically a struggle between good and evil. As such, Huff gives us
a world that is neither all one or all the other. And while Mr. Huff may not
have the polish of a Tolkien, he is nonetheless a very capable storyteller.
I am not ordinarily a fan of this genre but I must say, in the interest of full disclosure, that Mr. Huff asked me to read and review his novel. But know this: were it complete trash I wouldn't hesitate to say so. I felt it was very good. It certainly deserves to be read by those who love fantasy. Within this context it is readable and enjoyable
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