Ardalia The Breath of Aoles Book One eBook Alan Spade
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A hooded silhouette was outlined on an overhanging rock in the blue lunar light of Tinmal and Hamal. Motionless, the individual was tracking his every movement.
Pelmen shivered. He looks more like a protodactyl ready to fall on its prey than anything else. Not wishing to find himself alone in the presence of the unnerving stranger for a moment longer than necessary, with no further thought to what Komel was doing, he hurried back to the relative safety of the hut.
A fantasy novel set in a prehistoric world
Pelmen hates being a tanner, but that’s all he would ever be, thanks to the rigid caste system amongst his people, the hevelens. Then he meets Master Galn Boisencroix and his family. The master carpenter opens up a world of archery to young Pelmen, who excels at his newfound skill. But Pelmen’s intractable father would have none of it, and tries to force Pelmen to stay in the tannery.
One day, however, Pelmen’s best friend and Master Galn's son, Teleg, disappears. Lured away by the prospect of untold riches through mining amberrock, the most precious substance in the world, Teleg finds himself a prisoner of the Nylevs, fierce fire-wielding worshippers of the god of destruction.
Now Pelmen must leave all he knows behind, overcome his fears and travel across the land, in search of his childhood friend. Along the way, he will ally himself with strange and fantastic beings a shaman who controls the Breath of Aoles, or the power of the wind, a krongos, a creature of the mineral realm who can become living rock, and a malian, adept at water magic.
What readers are saying
"Forget elves, dwarves, trolls and dragons. In Ardalia, you have all sorts of alien species that fit well into the ecosystem of a low-magic world, which is sort of elemental in its own way. The originality is excellent here." —Awesome Indies
"I absolutely loved this book. It is phenomenal. The power of the author’s imagination and his use of language really make it a brilliant read. It's complex but you get used to it and really start to enjoy it." —Paige
"The story is great. Lots of adventure, action, some romance. The main character's coming of age is great to follow. He is overcoming the arrogance of youth, and realizing other cultures often have much to offer." —Mike
"This story was really good. It drew me in from the first few pages and was packed with adventure, excitement, and danger. The main character, Pelmen, is just an ordinary tanner at the bottom of the “totem pole”, wishing to escape for a better life at the start. But instead of escaping with his friend for a better life, he is thrown into a dangerous world where he has to learn to fight in order to survive." —Dakota
Ardalia The Breath of Aoles Book One eBook Alan Spade
The genre is fantasy, although the other books of the trilogy may expand the world and events to something more like epic or high fantasy. It takes place in a fantasy world of impressive ambition. Most fantasy authors use real-world fauna and flora interspersed with more fantastic and mythological creatures, but in this book every plant and animal was an invention of the author. There was none of the humans and dwarves and elves that we often in fantasy either. The main character is of a four-fingered three-nostriled species called hevelens, which share their world (which has two moons) with the rock-like krongos race and the ((((SPOILER))))telephathic malians.
(((SPOILER)))
Our protagonist, Pelmen, is a teenage hevelen who lives a miserable life in the city of Durepeaux, working in his demanding and controlling father’s tannery. When Pelmen runs away, a misadventure with fire-casting sorcerers called crimson shamans brings him back to his city him to live with his bitter old uncle Xuven while attempting to learn the art of hunting. When Pelmen’s friend Teleg disappears under similar circumstances, Pelmen and Xuven assume that he has been kidnapped by crimson shamans as Pelmen nearly was, and they set off on a mission to rescue him. The mission takes them through a variety of places and adventures before they finally reach their destination: a fortress on a volcano, the center of operations for the sinister crimson shamans.
If you take this story and you strip away the unique creatures and terrains, it’s a fairly standard journey narrative. We’ve seen protagonists grow and learn over the course of a long journey in hundreds of stories before. Frodo and Samwise do it, Abraham and Sarah do it, Sal Paradise does it, Humbert Humbert [*shiver*] does it, it’s very a common theme. This is not necessarily a bad thing. This type of story is popular because it works, as long as it’s written well. This particular book is written well. The mystery and danger of the quest keeps the reader engaged, and the flashiness of the fantastical world keeps the reader interested. It’s a good fantasy novel, unlikely to convert non-fans of the genre but certainly enjoyable for the established devoted.
I do have to remark that the book is slow. There are a handful of exciting bits in the journey, but there is also an awful lot of walking and talking. The author’s creation of unique animals and plants for this book’s world is ambitious, but frequently it was also confusing. When the characters are interacting with their nidepoux and melepeks, their beasts of burden, I don’t know what to visualize. Occasionally descriptions of them would cut off the natural flow of a paragraph, and even with the description I still feel more lost than I would if the characters just uses horses and oxen. There was also a brief romantic arc to the story which seemed, to me at least, out of place. I didn’t think it contributed to the narrative much and overall it didn’t seem very credible. Readers can of course form their own judgments on that.
Overall, I was glad to have read it. I think the novel is a worthwhile contribution to the genre, and the ending left me with enough curiosity that I will probably get the next book in the trilogy (titled Turquoise Water) to see where the adventure goes next.
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Ardalia The Breath of Aoles Book One eBook Alan Spade Reviews
Not what I expected! Don't like characters who overly angst about the same thing ad boring.
Won't bother with sequel.
This book can be described as a cliff hanger. One never knows what will befall Pelman as he searches for his friend. He runs into people and situations that are scary to say the least. The plot is thick with surprises at every turn. The book leaves you anxious to read book two.
A solid first book to the series. Characters and plot are well developed. Characters are likable and easy to get behind. I found this to be as much of a coming of age/ self development story as much as a quest to save a friend. I thought Alan Spade did well showing the rashness of youth as compared to patience and experience of age, especially comparing Pelman to his uncle. The story was well written with few grammatical errors however one was on the title of a chapter (a definite no no). Way better than many 1st books I have read! About the only thing keeping the book from being a 5 star was it was a bit slow, but considering it is the set up book of the trilogy I had no real issues with it. All in all an excellent start!
Welcome to the world of Ardalia. One can become so immersed in the story that they feel a part of the world combined with a wonderful set of protagonists working together for the good of the group. I believe Alan Spade has a definite work of art in this book. I'm happy to be one of the readers to read this wonderful book and I'm looking forward to perfusing his other books in the future. I'm very thankful how he made his characters and different areas of the world so life-like almost losing reality. The only thing I was a tiny bit disappointed was thinking breath of Aoles was about dragons? But I do love the real meaning and how they use the breath is important in the complex areas of Ardalia.
I enjoyed this book very much. The characters were imaginative enough to make you happy in a science fiction fantasy world, but not so bizarre to stop you from understanding and identifying with their feelings and actions. The world they inhabit is imaginative and creative. The plot keeps you wondering what will happen next and has enough action to keep you interested. All in all, it was a very enjoyable read.
Pelmen, a tanner’s son, hates the smells and the life, and desperately wants to escape. He manages to do so with the encouragement of his carpenter friend and father, but then is drawn into a long and arduous adventure to save his friend. They live in a strange blue and yellow world with two moons and a strong division between good and evil. Pelmen works hard for his victories, learning new skills, helped by his uncle and friends of other races. I cannot wait to get to book two!
This series must be read in order. This is the first book. I can't wait to read Turquoise Waters!
Pelmen has no wish to be a Tanner. His friend Teleg and his father have given him hope for another life. Now he just has to get up the nerve to try and convince his father to allow him to leave and find his own way in the world. Will his father agree to let him pursue his own dreams? Or try and force him to remain a Tanner? Will he be able to become a Hunter? Or is that the foolish dream of a boy reaching beyond his station? Can he become his own man? Or will he fail and be forced to run home begging for forgiveness?
***This series is suitable for mature young adult through adult readers who enjoy pure fantasy with plenty of mystery, suspense, intrigue, romance, action, adventure and sinister forces always lurking just out of sight )
The genre is fantasy, although the other books of the trilogy may expand the world and events to something more like epic or high fantasy. It takes place in a fantasy world of impressive ambition. Most fantasy authors use real-world fauna and flora interspersed with more fantastic and mythological creatures, but in this book every plant and animal was an invention of the author. There was none of the humans and dwarves and elves that we often in fantasy either. The main character is of a four-fingered three-nostriled species called hevelens, which share their world (which has two moons) with the rock-like krongos race and the ((((SPOILER))))
telephathic malians.
(((SPOILER)))
Our protagonist, Pelmen, is a teenage hevelen who lives a miserable life in the city of Durepeaux, working in his demanding and controlling father’s tannery. When Pelmen runs away, a misadventure with fire-casting sorcerers called crimson shamans brings him back to his city him to live with his bitter old uncle Xuven while attempting to learn the art of hunting. When Pelmen’s friend Teleg disappears under similar circumstances, Pelmen and Xuven assume that he has been kidnapped by crimson shamans as Pelmen nearly was, and they set off on a mission to rescue him. The mission takes them through a variety of places and adventures before they finally reach their destination a fortress on a volcano, the center of operations for the sinister crimson shamans.
If you take this story and you strip away the unique creatures and terrains, it’s a fairly standard journey narrative. We’ve seen protagonists grow and learn over the course of a long journey in hundreds of stories before. Frodo and Samwise do it, Abraham and Sarah do it, Sal Paradise does it, Humbert Humbert [*shiver*] does it, it’s very a common theme. This is not necessarily a bad thing. This type of story is popular because it works, as long as it’s written well. This particular book is written well. The mystery and danger of the quest keeps the reader engaged, and the flashiness of the fantastical world keeps the reader interested. It’s a good fantasy novel, unlikely to convert non-fans of the genre but certainly enjoyable for the established devoted.
I do have to remark that the book is slow. There are a handful of exciting bits in the journey, but there is also an awful lot of walking and talking. The author’s creation of unique animals and plants for this book’s world is ambitious, but frequently it was also confusing. When the characters are interacting with their nidepoux and melepeks, their beasts of burden, I don’t know what to visualize. Occasionally descriptions of them would cut off the natural flow of a paragraph, and even with the description I still feel more lost than I would if the characters just uses horses and oxen. There was also a brief romantic arc to the story which seemed, to me at least, out of place. I didn’t think it contributed to the narrative much and overall it didn’t seem very credible. Readers can of course form their own judgments on that.
Overall, I was glad to have read it. I think the novel is a worthwhile contribution to the genre, and the ending left me with enough curiosity that I will probably get the next book in the trilogy (titled Turquoise Water) to see where the adventure goes next.
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