{"id":2148,"date":"2010-01-18T03:40:06","date_gmt":"2010-01-18T07:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=2148"},"modified":"2010-01-18T19:41:41","modified_gmt":"2010-01-18T23:41:41","slug":"a-warriors-duty-by-j-r-tomlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=2148","title":{"rendered":"A Warrior’s Duty by J.R. Tomlin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Title:<\/strong> A Warrior’s Duty<\/em>
\nAuthor:<\/strong> J.R. Tomlin<\/a>
\nPublisher:<\/strong> Swimming Kangaroo Books<\/a>
\nSource:<\/strong> E-book from Author<\/p>\n

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Summary<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

When war comes to Wayfare Keep, Tamra has to fight, in every sense, to survive.<\/p>\n

Tamra is the Captain of the Guard of Wayfare Keep and nothing can distract her from her duty — which is why she has joined her forces with those of Sir Cedrian and the army of the city of Madrian to defend their land against invading enemies. When their army is routed and her lover, the scout, Jessup, is lost, she is shattered.<\/p>\n

Even worse lies ahead as the secrets of her past come to light. Each death in battle only makes their enemy stronger, allowing the enemy priests to summon invincible demons called ixich. Yet in their darkest hour, haunted by loss and with defeat imminent, Tamra and her allies call upon their deepest strengths to survive and triumph.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A Warrior’s Duty <\/em>has adventure, romance and secrecy contained within its pages.\u00c2\u00a0 Tamra is\u00c2\u00a0the\u00c2\u00a0title character who puts duty to her\u00c2\u00a0family and\u00c2\u00a0the people of Wayfare Keep\u00c2\u00a0before her own survival.\u00c2\u00a0 J.R. Tomlin’s novel combines plot with a character arc which can be sorely lacking in fantasy novels.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

The plot is not laid down with a heavy hand.\u00c2\u00a0 It has a natural progression that doesn’t make the reader think the characters have to travel from one\u00c2\u00a0place or event\u00c2\u00a0to another before something else can happen.\u00c2\u00a0 There is an urgency created by the compressed timeline that makes this a fast read.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

The adventure begins with Jessup sighting\u00c2\u00a0the Faragund army on the move.\u00c2\u00a0 The romance between Tamra and Jessup is revealed early but does not overshadow the remainder of the story.\u00c2\u00a0 Tamra’s companions experience a lot of emotions together in a short amount of time.\u00c2\u00a0 Secrets are revealed that propel the characters and the action forward.\u00c2\u00a0 No\u00c2\u00a0single character is perfect which is refreshing.\u00c2\u00a0 Overall this is a well written fantasy novel.<\/p>\n

Return tomorrow for my interview with J.R. Tomlin!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Title: A Warrior’s Duty Author: J.R. Tomlin Publisher: Swimming Kangaroo Books Source: E-book from Author Summary: When war comes to Wayfare Keep, Tamra has to fight, in every sense, to survive. Tamra is the Captain of the Guard of Wayfare Keep and nothing can distract her from her duty — which is why she has… Continue reading A Warrior’s Duty by J.R. Tomlin<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[223,24,225],"class_list":["post-2148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-review","tag-a-warriors-duty","tag-book","tag-j-r-tomlin","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2148"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2163,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2148\/revisions\/2163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}