Seven Forges

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By James A. Moore

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Publisher Description

This first adventure in a dark fantasy series follows the war between the warriors of Fellein and the mythical people of the Blasted Lands, who worship 7 gods of war . . .

Captain Merros Dulver is the first in many lifetimes to find a path beyond the great mountains of the Seven Forges and encounter, at long last, the half-forgotten race who live there. And it would appear that they were expecting him. But when he returns home, an entourage of strangers in tow, he starts to wonder if his discovery is truly something to celebrate—for the gods of this lost race are the gods of war, and their memories of that far-off cataclysm have not faded.

The people of Fellein have lived with the legends of the Blasted Lands for many centuries. Lying far to the north, the Lands are a desolate, impassable place—the legacy of an ancient time of cataclysm. But even the dangers of the Blasted Lands cannot stop the occasional expedition into its fringes, where people search for any trace of the ancients and oft-rumored riches that once lived there.

27 Reviews

3.5

Chad Barnard (Hiking Reader)

Created 6 months ago

“Seven Forges by James A. Moore was our group buddy read for June. I didn't know much about this story or this author going into this one. This is one of the great things about being part of a group where titles are nominated or suggested that I might not come across otherwise. I will admit that the cover was really cool and intriguing. I would certainly label this one as fast pace. Now, I did opt for the audiobook narrated by David de Vries, whom I thought did a great job with brining the story to life. I've mentioned before that new to me authors can be hit or miss and this was my first exposure to David's narration work that I am aware of. There are a good amount of characters to keep straight in this one but again between the author's writing and the narrators presentation seemed to work well for me in keeping up with what was going on and who was in which scene. I did feel the first half of the book was a bit meh as we were just getting the story and characters up and running. Things got much better for what I enjoy in a book in the second half though. So just keep in mind if you begin this adventure, this is book one of a series so there does need to be some setup. I also felt that the world building was nicely done in Seven Forges. The world itself seemed rather large with several scenes of traveling which take days, weeks or even months to get to and from. There certainly seemed like there is a solid lore foundation setup in book one here for the series. There also seemed a good mix of martial warriors as well as magic and religion type of mystic to this world. There is also a good amount of faction and political intrigue as well as military strategy making up this world. The character development was good. I never really connected with any of this characters. I'm not sure if that was due to the audio narration versus taking this read on as a visual or not. The first quarter of the book when things were being laid out for the reader did seem a bit convenient in some of the timing of things. But at the same time, unless this book was much longer, there wasn't a lot of time to give us a lot of back story to some characters at the start of this one. There are some solid characters with some decent arcs to be had in Seven Forges. I just didn't grow too attached to any of them. And I will say, if you are planning on reading this book, you might not want to either. Keep those characters as arms length. This is a harsh world and story to say the least. I will add that in our buddy read group there were a couple of friends that pointed out they weren't pleased with the overall portrayal of female characters in the first half of this book. I really didn't notice or focus on this much personally so I can't really say whether that seemed to get better in the second half or not. All in all I did end up having a good time with this one. I did struggle a bit in that first half but I stuck with it and am happy that I did. I'll keep this one on my open series being read as I know there are several others available currently. I don't know if this is a finished series at the time of writing up this review or not.”

Shaggy Shepherd Books

Created 7 months ago

“This was a buddy read that I honestly wasn’t hugely excited about and it took me a relatively long time to get through considering its length. Though the last 100 pages went by super quickly today. The world building was really interesting and I loved the contrast between the two main cultures and how that affected the plot points. The character work was decent, though I felt that the majority of female characters were more tools than actual people in the story. The plot took a long time to get interesting for me, which is why it took me so long to get through the book. The last about third though is where it got much more exciting for me. Things got really dicey and unexpectedly crazy. 3.5 stars rounded up because I want to now actually continue the series after that ending.”

CynReads

Created 10 months ago

Northman626

Created over 1 year ago

Josh Joseph

Created over 1 year ago

About James A. Moore

James A. Moore is a Stoker Award-nominated author of over twenty novels, including tie-in work for Buffy the Vampire Slayer. James has written extensively for White Wolf Publishing in the World of Darkness setting. James lives in Atlanta, GA.