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  Book: The Rats of Acomar Author: Pauli Kidd Pages: 396 Hard Core Scale: 2/4 Normal Scale: 7/10 Publish Date: 2000 About: The valley is separated from Acomar by a giant wall. Its purpose, to keep the wild rat men from entering and devouring the rest of the world. G’kaa seeks to rally the rat clans and do the impossible. However, a wandering dreaming rat, a hoopey coyote, a dutiful dog, and a white furred rat who sees the world differently are pulled in the strings of fate to determine their world’s future. Review: This sadness me of things that could have been. A first of a shared universe with many powerhouses that I love. Jeff Grubb and Lynn Abbey were supposed to write books in this shared world and never happened because Vision went up in smoke in September 11 th . Wonder what their books would have been.  Lots of power houses. This is probably Pauli’s worst book mechanically. Very cut and chunky in its parts. The beginning has a lot of tell issues to tell the w...

    Book: Dreamers of the Sea Author: Louis Williams Pages: 349 Hard Core Scale: 3/4 Normal Scale: 8.5/10 Publish Date: 2024 About: A kit dreams of the sea. An accident sends him into an adventure of a lifetime, while a father searches desperately for his lost greatest treasure. However, dreams turn into a nightmare filled with gallows, smugglers, pirates, and worse. Can Woodrow rescue his son or will Cloyd reach a watery grave? One thing is certain. Heroes are not often who we think to be. Review: Not bad a first book. Long. Some frame shuffling. However, with more internal purpose then a lot of other books released. A journey of soul of a dreamer versus reality. Always a powerful thing for a book to express. It at its core carries a lot of heart and a lot of relationship. A fun and purpose filled adventure. It stays the course. A lovely coming of age tale whose connections take us to our own relationships and what is the most important. Watching an author co...