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The Kinshield Legacy (The Kinshield Saga) [Kindle Edition]

K.C. May (Author)
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"...a rousing hard-hitting fantasy adventure."
--Piers Anthony, best-selling author of the Xanth novels

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Book 1 of The Kinshield Saga**

A mysterious stone tablet with five magical gems has sat abandoned in a cave for two hundred years. The kingdom is in ruins, with only warrant knights to keep the peace. But then, the gems in the tablet, one by one, disappear.

Warrant knight Gavin Kinshield is a man of many secrets. He's the one deciphering the runes in the tablet. Unless he can find a suitable replacement, he'll be Thendylath's next king. All he really wants is the letter written by his ancestor Ronor Kinshield, the last man to see King Arek alive... a letter he must earn by tracking down a common thief.

But when Gavin saves a woman's life, what should have been a simple task draws him face-to-face with his nightmarish past... and the truth of King Arek's demise.

** The Kinshield Saga, containing both The Kinshield Legacy and The Wayfarer King, is also available as a single volume.
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From the very first page, The Kinshield Legacy grabs you by the throat and propels you into a world of magic, sorcery, jeweled-eyed gargoyles and a sisterhood of female warriors. A world where beyonders savage unsuspecting travelers; where a dark, yet charismatic, wizard covets the king's throne for his own and will let no one get in his way--including the rightful ruler. He who claims the King's Bloodstone shall reign as king. Enter Gavin Kinshield, warrant knight and rune solver, a man haunted by his past, and a hero like no other. A rousing debut from K. C. May, an author worth watching.
~ Carol Davis Luce, Author of Night Passage

"The Kinshield Legacy is a rousing good fantasy tale, with nice characterization and some ferocious action. These days I read primarily for business rather than pleasure, but I found myself eager to return to this novel."
~ Piers Anthony, Author of the Xanth novels
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The Kinshield Legacy was named a Top-4 Read of 2010 by book reviewer Grace Krispy on DailyCheapReads.com

Second place winner of The Kindle Book Review Indie Award, September 2011.

Updated 6/23/11 to include a map of Thendylath. Readers can also find it on the author's web site.
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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 720 KB
  • Print Length: 373 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1453805869
  • Publisher: Peach Orchard Press (28 July 2010)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B003XT5IYI
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #30,990 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
ripping yarn 5 May 2011
Format:Kindle Edition
A thoroughly readable book and entertaining, but the only criticism I have is that it follows a formulaic swords 'n sorcery path. This said, buy it if you like good escapist literature. Good prose and writing style and well edited for typos etc so there is nothing to irritate in this area. Also not the obvious 'self published' style that can be found in some fantasy/sf kindle books.
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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
In the last 30 something years I have read close to 8000 SCI-FI and Fantasy books. So I generally approach a new author with some trepidation and little expectation of something new.
In this case there was nothing new, the theme was a tried and tested sword and sorcery tale, hero, wizard etc etc. But the book was one of those that takes all the elements you come to expect and just delivers them in such a way that you are hooked. The characters are well delveloped and, well, interesting.
It is rare to find a book that makes you care about the characters (+ an horse in this case). I found myself really hoping for the wizard to fall flat on his face, with the heroes size 20 boot pushing his face into the mud..A very enjoyable read, thank you to the author for making an old tale new and exciting.
So many authors try to re-invent the wheel with a different spin, not always successfully. It is refreshing to see one take an old formula and deliver it very well indeed. Top marks.
Roll on book 2.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Flawed fantasy 1 Aug 2011
Format:Kindle Edition
I found this book somewhat frustrating, as I felt that it had four star potential. Good ideas and some interesting characters were held back by occasionally below average writing.

The main protagonist, Gavin, is a man in conflict in addition to being a mix of many male characters from recent fantasy books. He is destined to be king, but is trying to avoid said fate. Sadly for him, this is not to be and he soon finds himself rescuing people, getting an enchanted sword and trading barbs with the requisite beautiful but unavailable woman (Daia). I liked the magic elements, the little quips and found Tyr (one of the baddies) very interesting. The ending set the next book up nicely and we have a suitable band of characters to support Gavin on his way to the throne.

The main failings of this book are the first few chapters which I found confusing (could just be me), the black and whiteness of the world (the bad guys are BAD, no ambiguity), some clunky dialogue and repetitive themes e.g. constantly pointing out how non noble Gavin can be (his eating does sound awful).

Others have found this book complex and multi layered, which I have to disagree with; this is a fun yarn with some ideas that keep it interesting but it is pretty straight forward.

Despite these problems, I will probably read the sequel but from the library.
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Good, simple read
This is a good read. The plot is basic, the stereotypes familiar ( bad wizard, good knight, will they/wont they love intrest), but the characters are good and likeable, there are... Read more
Published 2 months ago by fathomless
Not all its cracked up to be
Bought this book on the back of the reviews as I was looking of a bit of heroic escapism. Unfortunately the writing and plotting of this book are terrible. Read more
Published 3 months ago by MB
A good little find
A short while ago, I started exploring the reasonably priced books on Amazon. If they got good reviews, I purchased them. One such series was the Kinshield saga. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Snikt5
Pleasantly surprised
Not your typical run of the mill characters, which is why I was pleasantly surprised,
The main protagonist is a reluctant and modest hero for a change. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Idiosyncratic
Poor
Pros: - really nice cover

Con: - story
- writing.

I found it predictive ( and not in the chick film cute predictive way), it used all the tried and... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Kayla
Disappointed
The plot is so obvious from the beginning; powerful wizard with riches to spare vs poor yet noble knight who was wronged in the past.
Published 6 months ago by akb_twin2
not a book I could get into
Normally I love fantasy/sci-fi, but I just could not get into this book. Being one of those really irritating people who like to know how it ends I found the conclusion as... Read more
Published 7 months ago by waterdragon
Disappointed
I had expected better but I found the style of writing very amateurish - to the point that I gave up trying to get into the story. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Blister
Mixed feelings
I have mixed feelings about this book.

On the whole it is not a bad story and it's entertaining at times. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Benjamin Bruce
Highly Recommended
A remarkably well-written book that kept me up late for a few nights, because I didn't want to put it down. Read more
Published 7 months ago by India M. Drummond
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