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Traitor To The Crown Series
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07-26-2009, 10:05 PM
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Traitor To The Crown Series
Every so often My wife informs me that we need
to go to the book store (in this case Borders) & pick up some reading matter for me.I think she sees it as a way to keep me from hitting on her when we're in bed:rolleyes: So we went.I was lurking around the Fantasy/SiFi Section & came across a series of 3 books based on the American War for Independence by C.C.Finlay. The Patriot Witch(I guess no hard feelings over Salem) A Spell for The Revolution The Demon Redcoat The blurb says Life,Liberty & the pursuit of magic  At any rate as it was in AToE time frame ,I decided to pick them up.A quick once over appears to include a Hessian necromancer & a society of evil witches called the Covenant backing the Brits. The Americans are being helped by a ragtag group of local witches. So is it any good?Stay tuned OD Sighing like the night wind and sobbing like the rain,— Wailing for the lost one that comes not again: |
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08-02-2009, 02:45 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-02-2009 05:57 PM by Old Dwarf.)
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RE: Traitor To The Crown Series
OK-I've read "The Patriot Witch" & a few chapters of
"A Spell for The Revolution" The verdict? Well no one's got laid yet:rolleyes: that 1 & 1/4 way through the series & so far only some intense head kissing (thats head as on shoulder-Procter is kissing Deborah's head(maybe its one of those old fashion NE things like bundling(damn repressed Yankees). Proctor (our Hero) has so far met Paul Revere,Israel Putman & even George Washington(not bad for a dirt farmer). The story does hold together & presents an accurate picture of the times.It's a good page turner that keeps you interested. The blending of the supernatural & actual history is seamless so it's obvious the author has done his homework.So far it's been witches ,zombies & scarecrows,so nice material for ATOE. Now if someone will just get laid  I can really recommendthe series. OD PS read another chapter-still no sex but they just had a run in with Nathan Hale. This is becoming like reading King & catching the Lovecraft references Sighing like the night wind and sobbing like the rain,— Wailing for the lost one that comes not again: |
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08-15-2009, 10:48 PM
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RE: Traitor To The Crown Series
sounds pretty interesting, i like things with alternate history and tuff like that. im writeing a script for a comic kind of similar about people with super powers in western/ old west times around 1870ish right after the civil war. kinda like that book you meet some people in history, coolest being tesla when he was around 20 years old.
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08-15-2009, 11:41 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-27-2014 03:42 PM by Old Dwarf.)
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RE: Traitor To The Crown Series
Get it done!!!! Finally p314/315 not only that they do
it in Betsy Ross Front Room!Proctor then has to run off to confront the Hessian Necromancer in Trenton. With good luck he manages to catch a ride over in Washington's boat(not bad for Christmas Eve). Anyway they manage to break the Spell that draining the Continental Army & thus Trenton is won (take if from me Trenton wasn't worth the effort :rolleyes: ) Anyway the Necromance escapes & Proctor goes back to the Farm & marries Deborah..end of vol.II The final volume is The Demon Redcoat which takes place a few years later in 1779.Propctor is drug back into the war effort by Washington who sends him to Europe with John Adams to stop the Covenant. Adams hands him off to Ben Franklin in France & from there Proctor is smuggled into England.I'm 3/4 of the way through this book & Proctor has just escaped from the Tower of London & is now returning to America on Capt.John Barry's ship.It appears the infamous Dr John Dee is behind the Covenant & he has set sail for America.Oh did I mention Proctor threw a minor demon out of George III (again this Yankee dirt farmer mingles well) .Back in America Deborah may be under control of the demon Balfri,who is also influencing Banastre Tarleton's actions. Frankly in writing this it seems over the top but Finlay knows his revolution time period & brings it all off.Even having Proctor meeting every noteable figure of the period is tied together in a logical manner. OD Sighing like the night wind and sobbing like the rain,— Wailing for the lost one that comes not again: |
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08-16-2009, 09:39 PM
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RE: Traitor To The Crown Series
Well I finished this up
 John Dee is smashed by the Demon he summond, the Hessian Necromancer is killed by Banastre Tarleton & Proctor & Deborah are reunited & take care of everything else.They live happy ener after . The ending seemed to be a little rushed & a few loose ends,which may be intentional.All in all a good read Oh the Brits lost :P OD Sighing like the night wind and sobbing like the rain,— Wailing for the lost one that comes not again: |
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