A rousing yarn... Everything a fantasy novel should be...
-Christopher Stasheff
Best Selling Author of the "Warlock Series"
The Lost Keep of Kaywall is a fantastic journey of magic, friendship, and courage. Charles
Embrey has woven a tale with characters that are a wonderful mixture of fantasy and human
emotion. This story is a sheer delight to read, and I am eagerly awaiting his future novels.
-Dr. William Schuh
Author of "Gathering Pearls"
Wow! What a terrific story! I think this is a great book for anyone interested in medieval fantasy.
Your writing style enables me to envision each scene in my mind's eye in detail as
if it were a movie. You have a knowledge of non-fantasy medieval life, which adds a touch of
reality to your story.....kudos! Characters so real that I care and I'm curious as to what will
happen to them! There's a good balance of action, humor, and tragedy and the storyline is
unpredictable enough to keep me guessing as to what is going to happen next.
-Stephanie French, University of Illinois
Chambana Medievalists President
Chatelaine for the Shire of Wurm Wald,
Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA), Midrealm
I bought and read your book The Lost Keep of Kaywall. It was awesome. I read it with in the first
few days of coming home from GenCon. I couldn't put it down. Coming from a background of
playing Dungeons and Dragons myself I appreciate the way you write. Your character
development is excellent, in that I could really get to know the personalities. I also liked how you
described how everything works, from spells to paladin development.
The humorous dialog between Warhawk, his brother and the other characters had me laughing
out loud. I look forward to the next installment of Clovis' adventures. Write fast, and Good Luck!
-Dan Gay
A New Fan From GenCon, Indianapolis
The Lost Keep of Kaywall was a lot of fun to read. I was a little skeptical at first with the D&D
character references but the story flowed really nicely. I would describe the D&D influence as
more of a flavor or a seasoning rather than an overpowering influence. Also, the character
development of the protagonist is really subtle and not forced on the reader. This is accomplished
by introducing Clovis as a seven year old in the beginning of the story and we get to experience
his training and maturation into a hero figure.
After I read it, I passed this book to my 12 year old who also likes to read this genre of writing (she
already read Eragon, Eldest, LOTR and many others - I should probably keep better tabs on what
she reads!). She absolutely loved the book and can't wait for the next one to come out...
For anyone involved in health care take special note of the name of the Wizard in this book - I
won't give it away - but I laughed for about 5 minutes straight after his name was revealed. I'm still
chuckling now writing this.
- David Haagsma
Grand Rapids, MI
Having never written a review before, I don't know quite where to start. First off, I personally know
the author. I even helped him with some of the pre-production of the book, but that should not be a
reason to bias my review of the book. The Lost Keep of Kaywall, in a nutshell is a fun book to read.
Especially if you happen to have cut your teeth in gaming on the first edition of Dungeons and
Dragons. Much of what you will read is inspired by the first generation of the D
- Deane Geiken
Paxton, IL
-Christopher Stasheff
Best Selling Author of the "Warlock Series"
The Lost Keep of Kaywall is a fantastic journey of magic, friendship, and courage. Charles
Embrey has woven a tale with characters that are a wonderful mixture of fantasy and human
emotion. This story is a sheer delight to read, and I am eagerly awaiting his future novels.
-Dr. William Schuh
Author of "Gathering Pearls"
Wow! What a terrific story! I think this is a great book for anyone interested in medieval fantasy.
Your writing style enables me to envision each scene in my mind's eye in detail as
if it were a movie. You have a knowledge of non-fantasy medieval life, which adds a touch of
reality to your story.....kudos! Characters so real that I care and I'm curious as to what will
happen to them! There's a good balance of action, humor, and tragedy and the storyline is
unpredictable enough to keep me guessing as to what is going to happen next.
-Stephanie French, University of Illinois
Chambana Medievalists President
Chatelaine for the Shire of Wurm Wald,
Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA), Midrealm
I bought and read your book The Lost Keep of Kaywall. It was awesome. I read it with in the first
few days of coming home from GenCon. I couldn't put it down. Coming from a background of
playing Dungeons and Dragons myself I appreciate the way you write. Your character
development is excellent, in that I could really get to know the personalities. I also liked how you
described how everything works, from spells to paladin development.
The humorous dialog between Warhawk, his brother and the other characters had me laughing
out loud. I look forward to the next installment of Clovis' adventures. Write fast, and Good Luck!
-Dan Gay
A New Fan From GenCon, Indianapolis
The Lost Keep of Kaywall was a lot of fun to read. I was a little skeptical at first with the D&D
character references but the story flowed really nicely. I would describe the D&D influence as
more of a flavor or a seasoning rather than an overpowering influence. Also, the character
development of the protagonist is really subtle and not forced on the reader. This is accomplished
by introducing Clovis as a seven year old in the beginning of the story and we get to experience
his training and maturation into a hero figure.
After I read it, I passed this book to my 12 year old who also likes to read this genre of writing (she
already read Eragon, Eldest, LOTR and many others - I should probably keep better tabs on what
she reads!). She absolutely loved the book and can't wait for the next one to come out...
For anyone involved in health care take special note of the name of the Wizard in this book - I
won't give it away - but I laughed for about 5 minutes straight after his name was revealed. I'm still
chuckling now writing this.
- David Haagsma
Grand Rapids, MI
Having never written a review before, I don't know quite where to start. First off, I personally know
the author. I even helped him with some of the pre-production of the book, but that should not be a
reason to bias my review of the book. The Lost Keep of Kaywall, in a nutshell is a fun book to read.
Especially if you happen to have cut your teeth in gaming on the first edition of Dungeons and
Dragons. Much of what you will read is inspired by the first generation of the D
- Deane Geiken
Paxton, IL
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