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Aakuta: the Dark Mage: Book
Four of Forgotten Legacy by Richard S. Tuttle
Commentary:
Exciting
Read …….. Recommended ……….. 5 stars
With Aakuta: the Dark Mage, Book 4 forgotten
legacy writer Tuttle maintains his customary admirable writing
in the exhilarative manner readers have come to anticipate. This
vibrating tale seizes reader attention from the outset with a keenly
focused account. Readers are propelled along on a breathless jaunt
filled with first class dialogue, nicely interwoven plots, and a
masterfully engineered story line in this narrative of struggle,
treacherousness and conspiracy. Conflict abounds and is aptly
resolved to reader satisfaction.
In each of his previous works Richard Tuttle’s
abundant imagination has carried the reader on many an exciting
journey filled with well portrayed, creditable characters, tart
dialogue to move the tale forward, and deftly captured environment
filled with exciting locations, situations and circumstance. Aakuta:
the Dark Mage Book 4 forgotten legacy furthers reader enjoyment
with people and lands introduced in the work all flourishing under
Tuttle’s skillful pen.
Aakuta: the Dark Mage Book 4 forgotten legacy is
a spine tingling read sure to please those who enjoy a good fantasy
complete with quest, hero, magik and divertissement. This is an
excellent choice for upper grade youngsters and young adult’s
pleasure reading. All who enjoy the genre will find the work more
than acceptable.
Enjoyed the read, happy to recommend.
Synopsis: (May reveal
much of the plot)
The narrative opens as Khador dismounts and gazes
toward the mouth of a mighty river. The fertile river delta is to
become Khadoratung; the capitol of Khadora. Khador plans to rule his
land alone, no travelers other than traders will be allowed to cross
mountains. From this beginning the reader is carried along on a
quick paced romp including a young Torak soldier who has been chosen
to accompany a caravan bound for Chantise. Netura is dismayed when
he is told should an attack upon the caravan come he is to take no
part in the battle, rather, squad leader Hira insists Netura must
hurry and take word of the attack to Lord Marak.
With a view toward wreaking havoc; Jiadin armies
have begin to penetrate the Khadoran clans. Vand’s emissary Karnic
outlines an audacious plan. Brakas will assemble former Jiadin
warriors. Karnic will asume a leader in Omunga, Zygor must assume a
leadership in the fourth clan. Marak, young lord of the Torak clan,
would like nothing more than to live with the Chula and become a
great shaman. This is not to be. An ancient scroll, a secret mage
training field and the annual Assembly of Lords all figure in
Marak’s plans. Although badly outnumbered Lord Marak volunteers
his troops to stop the intruders. When Marak approaches the capital
in hopes of securing assistance: Marak is dismayed to learn several
powerful Khadoran lords are bent on assassinating him. Before long
all the Khadoran lords are in league against him. Aakuta, a
enigmatic male mage appears in Khadora. It is not long before he and
Marak cross paths. Sakovan spies, a Fakaran thief, perfidy,
disingenuousness, and plenty of action all accrue before Lord Marak
makes sense of a tangled web of machination. The Three Sisters
Mountains, attack, an escape, and the Vandegar Temple are part of
the intrigue. Lords’ Council and the nomination of Lord Marak to
an important office round out the narrative.
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