Cartha’s Search for Valhalla’s Tears

Michael Equels

Description

This high-Fantasy, coming of age tale follows a group of teens chosen to prove their value with a quest to locate Valhalla’s Tears, the one sword that can overthrow an increasingly corrupt governmental tyranny. This sword, vanishing from the land of Cartha thousands of years prior, has been the objective of such journeys for generations, but with a little magic, luck and a ton of tenacity, the village elders believe that Allo and his companions might just have a chance for success.
This group, consisting of a Human boy, an Elvin girl, a Halfling male, a part Giant male, a Dwarvin male and a Half-Elvin male mage, setting out with what they can carry. They will have to defeat the beasts and demons that populate this D&D inspired world, along with agents of the government who know that their power will be stripped from them should Valhalla’s Tears be recovered. However, it seems that it’s not just the creatures and men conspiring against them, they must also use their skills and knowledge as well as their courage to traverse dangerous caverns and ford raging rivers and the like.
This epic journey, told through the eyes of Allo, is sure to rekindle your love for the High-Fantasy genre. It combines the best elements of traditional carefully created worlds with plenty of unpredictable action, politics, life-long romance and friendships in ways which is sure to please even the most avid of readers.

Sujets

• Imaginaire
• Fantasy
• Adventure
• Young-adult fiction
• Adventure (Guyana)
• Fantasy (canción de Mariah Carey)
• Young Adult Fiction

Informations

• Publié par: AuthorHouse
• Date de parution: 18 juillet 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781665565448
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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CARTHA’S SEARCH FOR VALHALLA’S TEARS
 
 
 
 
 
MICHAEL EQUELS
 
 
 
 
 

 
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Published by AuthorHouse 07/18/2022
 
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[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of “Cartha’s Search For Valhalla’s Tears” by Michael Equels.]
4 out of 4 stars.
Cartha’s Search for Valhalla’s Tears is a fantastic book written by Michael Equels. This is a thrilling book by the author that talks about the adventurous story of Allo and his companions in their quest to become men. It tells the story of how a young boy of 15 years named Allo is so eager to finally go on a voyage of self-discovery to become a well-respected man. But before he can go on such a voyage, he has to be chosen as it is a tradition in their town. Did he get chosen? If so, what things and adventures did he experience on such a voyage? And was it worth it? Who is this storyteller?
The author in this book starts the book with a famous storyteller narrating Allo and his friends’ story. The storyteller narrated their experience on their departure day and how those that got chosen went and those that didn’t stayed back. Now, did Allo and his friends get picked in this tradition of rite to manhood? How desperately did he want to be chosen? If chosen, what wild adventures await him and his friends? Will this journey actually change their lives forever? Will he find the great adventure he is seeking for? And what would he learn at the end of everything?
The positive aspects I found in this book were numerous. First, the author’s style of writing was simply engaging. I love the way the author narrated his story in old English, using words like eventide, growed, gander, dank, etc. I also love the storyline of the book. It was both interesting and captivating and had me at the edge of my seat. I love how the author used humor, romance, adventure, comedy, and somewhat tragedy in telling his story. I love all the lessons he portrayed in the story. He portrayed that one should always be the best one can be in every situation, even when you think you’re a nobody, but a nobody can do great things too. I love the character of Arth, Allo’s best friend. I loved how resilient and brave he was to take up the leadership position and guide everyone not in a tyrant’s way but in a diplomatic way where he sought their opinions on his decisions. I also love Allo and Malisa’s relationship because they loved each other through their best and their worst. They were always there for one another.
I tried to spot a negative aspect of the book but didn’t find any. The book was quite satisfactory and really interesting.
Although I found some errors in the book, I would say this book was well edited. I would rate the book 4 out of 4 because the errors did not affect the flow or rhythm of the author’s story. It was still satisfactory nonetheless.
I recommend this book to people who like historical fiction and fantasy books and people who are into books about adventures too. I would mostly recommend the book to people, young or old, who are on their own voyage of self-discovery; this would be an inspiring piece of work for them to read.
*****
Cartha’s Search For Valhalla’s Tears
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Author: Michael Equels
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CARTHA’S SEARCH FOR VALHALLA’S TEARS
CONTENTS
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Prologue
 
Chapter 1       The Choosin’ and Departure
Chapter 2       The First Week and The First Encounters
Chapter 3       The First Blooding and Deep Regrets
Chapter 4       The Tiring Grind And Evil Spirits
Chapter 5       Healing and Helping and Healing
Chapter 6       Time For Moving On And Unexpected Kindnesses
Chapter 7       Ghoulish Grins and Heavenly Warmth
Chapter 8       An Unexpected Guest and Grave Tidings
Chapter 9       More Grind and A Stitch In Time
Chapter 10     Big City Life
Chapter 11     Back On The Road and A pig Sticking
Chapter 12     Good Old-Fashioned Fun and New Companions
Chapter 13     The Tower Of The Sun and The Old Ways
Chapter 14     The Choices We Make
Chapter 15     New Beginnings
Chapter 16     Same Old Tiring Grind
Chapter 17     Things We Leave Behind
Chapter 18     Castle Black and Untold Secretes
Chapter 19     The Road Leading East
Chapter 20     The Rules of The Sea
Chapter 21     The Isle Of Dreams
Chapter 22     The Long Ride Home
Chapter 23     My Final Thoughts
 
Epilogue
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
First time Fantasy author, Michael Equels, has created thousands of characters throughout a multitude of worlds in the D&D universe. With over forty years of game play experience and a lifelong love of High-Fantasy literature, he is committed putting his favorite characters on paper and bringing them to life.
Raised between Southern California and Oklahoma, he was able to see everything in reality as a fantasyland, with the rural plainscapes of the Oklahoma Hills sparking his imagination just as much as the people in SoCal, both good and evil, had.
Between this backdrop and his most available free hours spent in the creation and development of fantasy lands, characters and creatures, Mr. Equels draws from the deepest understanding of worlds and experience to deliver Cartha’s Search For Valhalla’s Tears . A lifetime of knowledge and experience in the first of a three-book trilogy.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I wish to give thanks to all who helped with the creation of this book.
My best friend and mother Shirley, Malisa Morris whose personality I borrowed to create the character of Malisa, Cory Wilkins friend and sounding board extrodineir and all the folks at Author House that gave life to my dream! Thank you all so much for the kindnesses you’ve shown me and the huge support you have given so freely.
PROLOGUE
The children had been escorted there and asked to patiently await my arrival. The back room of my tailor’s shop had been being used for this very purpose for the past thirty-two years.
It was a bit dank and dusty, drably adorned perhaps and sparsely furnished but served its purpose well. There were twenty-two high-backed chairs that encircled a small table which held but two items. An old oil lamp and a book, a large tome, really.
It was rather old, tattered and worn a bit, but it was still my most favored and prized possession, other than my memories. I had thought to have it copied one day to preserve its integrity, but then realized, that would never do.
My favorite old rocker chair, sat just behind that table, where I would sit and read from that book and hopefully pass along something of value to another, and so, I began to tell the greatest tale ever written…

CHAPTER ONE
THE CHOOSIN’ AND DEPARTURE
I had been unable to sleep and lay awake for most of the night and had lain down to nap, when I was abruptly awakened from my afternoon of fitful dreamin’ by the deep, long and ominous wailin’ sound of the great ram’s horn in the towns square.
All of the folk hereabout knew that it was meant as an urgent calling of all the citizens to gather in the township of Ezra. I took a moment to gather me wits, ‘fore dashing off into town to find out what the matter was.
I had quite the long run to get to town, from our farm. Through the golden fields of wheat and oats that me pa was growin’ and into the darkness of the lush green forest then splashing through the ice-cold creek that still carried the snowmelt off the mountains toward the North, ‘fore meeting up with the hard-packed and dusty dirt road that led East into Ezra.
As I was running past the tailor’s shop, the shop’s keep, grizzled old, Master Poloft, urgently motions for me to stop and come inside his shop. I soon found meself in his back room among five other boys and one girl, who were all enraptured in his retelling of the ancient story of Ascottal Crabtree, one of the boys who tried to prove hisself a man after the Council had declared him unready at a Choosin’ some time back.
And how he had snuck out after the others and had departed, to make it on his own and prove that he too, was a real man. They had combed the woods and hills for three days ‘til they had found his crumpled body at the bottom of a deep ravine stripped of all his worldly possessions and how it had driven his poor ma crazy to think of her poor boy dying at the hands of some blood-thirsty bandits who threw his body down that ravine.
He went on to tell ‘bout his year long trek and all the evils that befell his fellowship’s