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Cary, North Carolina author Slade Chandler's The Magus of Nastrand selected as Best Science Fiction Book of 2006 by NewBookReviews.org
New Book Reviews announced the 2006 winners in the NBR,org's 2006 Spotlight Best Book of the Year Award. Slade Chandler's The Magus of Nastrand selected as the best science fiction book of 2006 by New Book Reviews editors and reader base. Each year NBR.org selects from their Spotlight Book of the Week Winners, the best science fiction book of the year. New Book Reviews criteria for Book of the Year Awards are: writing style and professionalism, marketability, subject interest, reader's preference, and editor's preference.
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January 29, 2007 (FPRC) -- Madill Oklahoma--
The Magus of Nastrand - Slade Chandler-ISBN 1-4137-9198-0 Publish America
Synopsis: In Norse Mythology, the War of Ragnarok was the doom of the gods, only that was a trick on man's perception. It was Odin's plan to let mankind live without the influence of gods, a necessity for human development. But after centuries of secrecy, the gods revealed themselves to a homeless man, Hatteris. His task was to rescue the goddess, Sif, from the evil clutches of the Mayor of Nastrand. Nastrand, a town of unsurpassed beauty, also housed the gateway to the Nordic Hel. With questionable sanity, Hatteris journeyed through Hel; saved more than one world, and by the deception of the trickster god, Loki, fathered a demigod named Thor
NewBookReviews Review:
The Magus of Nastrand is a remarkable tale. Slade Chandler's chronicle of a man's journey from importance, wealth, and love to obscurity, extreme poverty to betrayal leading to his insanity. Chandler's ability to weave a serpentine path between fantasy and insanity, without distinction between the two conditions, is remarkable and draws the reader into this mysterious and captivating story completely. Hatteris, the main character, loses everything, including his sanity, to fast changing worlds, strange friends and allies to dark and powerful enemies, including The Magus of Nastrand. The skill shown by Slade Chandler in his writing style and ability is extraordinary. Full of action and suspense, fantasy and truth, loyalty and betrayal The Magus of Nastrand is one of the best books I have read all year. A superb story teller! Powerful!
Ray Ward editor6(at)newbookreviews.org
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Keywords:
Slade Chandler, Literary Awards, Magus Nastrand
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